The Tactical Support Wing (TSW) is one of three reserve aircraft wings of the United States Navy. The wing reports to the Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve. It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas along with the reserve's Fleet Logistics Support Wing (FLSW). The third reserve wing is the Maritime Support Wing (MSW) which is headquartered at Naval Air Station North Island, California. The wing's primary mission is operational and training support for active forces. It is composed of five flying squadrons.
Tactical Support Wing aircraft in flight, 2021
An A-4 of VA-205 lands on USS Saratoga, June 1975
A-7B Corsairs of VA-203, VA-204, and VA-205 aboard USS Carl Vinson, June 1982
Tactical Support Wing aircraft in flight, 2009
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Selected Reserve (SELRES), the Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR), the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), or the Retired Reserve.
P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 62 (VP-62) over downtown Jacksonville, Florida in 1991. A combat coded Navy Reserve squadron with unit-owned aircraft, VP-62 is under the operational control of Commander, Maritime Support Wing. VP-62 retired its last P-3C in June 2022 and commenced transition to the P-8A Poseidon, utilizing Regular Navy P-8A aircraft until the squadron received its first P-8A in Spring 2023.
An F/A-18B of the Navy Reserve's Fighter Composite Squadron 12 (VFC-12) lands aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in 2005. Assigned to the operational control of Commander, Tactical Support Wing, VFC-12 is now equipped with the F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Navy Reservists from the USS Frederick visiting an Oregon hospital in June 2002
A U.S. Navy Reserve optometrist uses a retina scope and lens rack to check the eyes of 9-year-old Honduran boy during the Beyond the Horizon humanitarian assistance exercise in Honduras