- History -

The Wingmen Motorcycle Club originated at the base of Boscomantico near Verona, Italy, the home of the Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, of the 509th Airborne Combat Team. In the spring of 1976 a member of the Ft. Lewis Freedom Riders started the chapter but with an original center patch consisting of an American Eagle instead of the home chapters center patch.
In the summer of 1978 the post closed, and we joined the rest of the battalion in Vicenza, Italy, where the club continued to grow. It was in Vicenza that the Freedom Riders picked up a new member who informed the club that the founding member in Verona had been thrown out of the Ft. Lewis Freedom Riders and had no authorization to start a new chapter. At a club meeting on the 4th of July, 1979, the members voted to change their name to the Wingmen Motorcycle Club, a term used to describe the way two pilots fly and cover one another. The original center Eagle patch was kept and the club stayed All American, unlike a lot of the American clubs in Europe.
When one of the members returned to Ft. Bragg, NC, in August 1979, he received a copy of the Wingmen charter and started to put a chapter together for the other returning paratroopers.
In the states the club did not stay all GI with many civilian riders. By the spring of 1985, enough men had passed through the chapters ranks and been assigned to Fort Benning, GA, that the Columbus chapter was formed. From that point, former members at other bases began to build chapters until today the Wingmen can be found all over the United States partying with one another and other clubs. The spirit of Harley-Davidson and brotherhood keeps them united and their club motto says it all:

Wingmen Motorcycle Club Chapters
Italy
FREEDOM RIDERS - VERONA
*1977 - 1978
FREEDOM RIDERS - VICENZA
*1978 - 1979
WINGMEN MC - ITALY
*JULY 1979 - 1981
United States of America
FAYETTEVILLE NC
SEPTEMBER 1979
COLUMBUS GA
*APRIL 1985 SEPTEMBER 1991
OPELIKA AL
*APRIL 1986 - 1 July 2012
JUNCTION CITY KS
*AUGUST 1987 - AUGUST 1991
NORTH GA
DECEMBER 1987
ROCKLAND COUNTY NY
SEPTEMBER 1988
NORTHEAST GA
OCTOBER 1988
MANNHEIM GERMANY
*AUGUST 1990 - AUGUST 1993
SAVANNAH GA
MAY 1991
MOORE COUNTY NC
JUNE 1992
WOODLAWN TN
**FEBRUARY 1994 - JANUARY 1995
OAK GROVE KY
JANUARY 1995
EFFINGHAM COUNTY GA
SEPTEMBER 2000
DEVILS ELBOW MO
SEPTEMBER 2003
ORANGE COUNTY NY
*NOVEMBER 2003 - SEPTEMBER 2009
PHENIX CITY AL
APRIL 2004
LONG COUNTY GA
JUNE 2004
BERGEN COUNTY NJ
AUGUST 2004
CALHOUN COUNTY AL
SEPTEMBER 2007
DAWSON COUNTY GA
MAY 2008
LITTLE RIVER NC
JANUARY 2009
BEAUFORT COUNTY SC
SEPTEMBER 2009
ROCKINGHAM NC
*JANUARY 2011 - MARCH 2017
JACKSONVILLE NC
SEPTEMBER 2011
FAYETTE COUNTY WV
SEPTEMBER 2011
NORTHWEST FL
SEPTEMBER 2011
MILLER COUNTY MO
*JANUARY 2012 - JANUARY 2019
SOUTHEASTERN KY
JANUARY 2013
CENTRAL FL
NOVEMBER 2013
SLAUGHTER PEN VA
SEPTEMBER 2014
CHEROKEE COUNTY GA
JANUARY 2015
WESTERN NC
SEPTEMBER 2015
HUNTSVILLE AL
JANUARY 2019
ENTERPRISE AL
MAY 2020
COASTAL EMPIRE GA
SEPTEMBER 2020
SOUTHERN OH
JANUARY 2021
SLOCOMB AL
MAY 2022
* Represents Retired Chapters
** Changed Rocker to Oak Grove KY
Time Carries Over From February 1994