The 133rd Airlift Wing is a unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard, stationed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minnesota. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
In the orange light of the setting sun on 15 December 2009, a 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard C-130 H3 model cargo aircraft prepares for a cold weather training flight.
Image: 133rd Airlift Wing shield
108th FS F-51K Mustang, AF Ser. No. 44-11992
Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter, AF Ser. No. 49-2607, circa 1960
Minnesota Air National Guard
The Minnesota Air National Guard is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is, along with the Minnesota Army National Guard, an element of the Minnesota National Guard.
Captain Raymond S. Miller prepares for the historic flight from St. Paul, Minnesota to Washington, D.C. in a rented Curtiss Oriole biplane, with plans for the first air unit of the post-World War I National Guard observation unit, 26 September 1920
A Boeing C-97G freighter of the Minnesota Air National Guard, 1971