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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Air Base Support</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker Air Force Base</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel Abigail L. W. Ruscetta</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Sergeant Major</th><td class="infobox-data">Chief Master Sergeant Christopher M. Gradel</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">72nd Air Base Wing emblem <small>(approved 13 October 1995)</small><sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:72d_Air_Base_Wing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/72d_Air_Base_Wing.png/165px-72d_Air_Base_Wing.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/72d_Air_Base_Wing.png/248px-72d_Air_Base_Wing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/72d_Air_Base_Wing.png/330px-72d_Air_Base_Wing.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="772" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing emblem <small>(approved 29 June 1954)</small><sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png/165px-72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png/248px-72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png/330px-72_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wg_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>72nd Air Base Wing</b> is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> unit assigned to the Air Force Sustainment Center at <a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker Air Force Base</a>, Oklahoma. It has been the host unit at Tinker since activating there on 1 October 1994. </p><p>The first predecessor of the wing was organized in 1941 as the <b>72nd Observation Group</b> during the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Maneuvers" title="Louisiana Maneuvers">Louisiana Maneuvers</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, the group moved to the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a>, where it performed <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine">antisubmarine</a> missions until disbanding in 1943. The group was reconstituted and served in the <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> from 1947 until 1949, when it was inactivated as the military budget was reduced. </p><p>The wing's second predecessor was organized in June 1952 as the <b>72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</b>, operating <a href="/wiki/Convair_RB-36_Peacemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair RB-36 Peacemaker">Convair RB-36 Peacemaker</a> aircraft from <a href="/wiki/Ramey_Air_Force_Base" title="Ramey Air Force Base">Ramey Air Force Base</a>, Puerto Rico. The wing converted to the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> in 1959 on acted in the strategic deterrent role with bombers and tankers until inactivating in June 1971. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>72nd Air Base Wing</b> is the host organization for <a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker Air Force Base</a>, Oklahoma. It provides base installation and support services for the Air Force Sustainment Center, the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Logistics_Complex" title="Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex">Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex</a> and more than 45 associate units, including two operational flying wings of <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Communications_Wing_One" title="Strategic Communications Wing One">Strategic Communications Wing One</a> and several Defense agencies. The wing provides support services for nearly 27,000 civilian and military personnel at Tinker. It also provides services to approximately 18,000 dependents and more than 36,000 military retirees and their family members in the surrounding area and supports almost 2,400 contractors.<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wing provides base functions including security, fire protection, medical services, civil engineering, communications and supply, transportation and airfield operations. It also offers a variety of recreational and leisure activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Organizations assigned to the Wing include the 72nd Medical Group, 72nd Mission Support Group, 72nd Operations Support Squadron and 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg/220px-108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg/330px-108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg/440px-108th_Observation_Squadron_-_North_American_O-47B_39-108-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1521" data-file-height="682" /></a><figcaption>108th Squadron O-47<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">wing</a>'s first predecessor was organized during the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Maneuvers" title="Louisiana Maneuvers">Louisiana Maneuvers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shreveport_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shreveport Municipal Airport">Shreveport Municipal Airport</a>, Louisiana as the <b>72nd Observation Group</b> on 26 September 1941 as part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>'s buildup prior to the country's entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It drew its <a href="/wiki/Cadre_(military)" title="Cadre (military)">cadre</a> from its three original squadrons. These were the <a href="/wiki/108th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="108th Air Refueling Squadron">108th</a> and <a href="/wiki/124th_Observation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="124th Observation Squadron">124th Observation Squadrons</a>, two National Guard units that had been <a href="/wiki/Mobilization" title="Mobilization">mobilized</a> earlier that year, and the <a href="/wiki/41st_Electronic_Combat_Squadron" title="41st Electronic Combat Squadron">1st Observation Squadron</a>, a regular army unit.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer108RS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer108RS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer124TRS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer124TRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer41PRS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer41PRS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, none of its assigned squadrons were located with group <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a>. The two National Guard squadrons remained at their prewar state stations, while the 1st Squadron was at <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Army_Airfield" title="Marshall Army Airfield">Marshall Field</a>, Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days after activating, the <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> headquarters moved to <a href="/wiki/Adams_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Adams Field">Adams Field</a>, Arkansas. The group's primary mission aircraft was the <a href="/wiki/North_American_O-47" title="North American O-47">North American O-47</a>, although it also flew the <a href="/wiki/Stinson_O-49_Vigilant" class="mw-redirect" title="Stinson O-49 Vigilant">Stinson O-49 Vigilant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg/220px-4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg/330px-4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg/440px-4th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_Bell_P-39Q-5-BE_Airacobra_42-19622_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1141" data-file-height="673" /></a><figcaption>4th Reconnaissance Squadron P-39Q<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>While the group was still organizing, Japan <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attacked Pearl Harbor</a>. The group joined the 1st Squadron at Marshall Field, and at the end of the month, both departed for <a href="/wiki/Howard_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Field">Howard Field</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canal_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Zone">Canal Zone</a>, arriving there along with the 108th Squadron on 18 January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer108RS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer108RS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer41PRS_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer41PRS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the 124th Squadron remained assigned to the group, it remained in the United States until being reassigned in March 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer124TRS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer124TRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its place was taken by the <a href="/wiki/4th_Observation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Observation Squadron">4th</a> and <a href="/wiki/39th_Observation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Observation Squadron">39th Observation Squadrons</a>, which were assigned to the group the same month.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer4TRS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer4TRS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However the group acted only as an administrative headquarters for these units, as the 4th was located at <a href="/wiki/Losey_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Losey Field">Losey Field</a>, Puerto Rico and operated under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Puerto_Rican_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puerto Rican Department (page does not exist)">Puerto Rican Department</a> for nearly the entire time it was assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer4TRS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer4TRS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 39th was initially stationed in Panama, but moved to <a href="/wiki/Waller_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Waller Field">Waller Field</a>, Trinidad in August 1942 and was controlled by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trinidad_Sector_and_Base_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trinidad Sector and Base Command (page does not exist)">Trinidad Sector and Base Command</a> after its move.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer101BPS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer101BPS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group added <a href="/wiki/Piper_L-4_Grasshopper" class="mw-redirect" title="Piper L-4 Grasshopper">Piper L-4 Grasshoppers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo" title="Douglas B-18 Bolo">Douglas B-18 Bolos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">Bell P-39 Airacobras</a> to its inventory in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group performed <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine">antisubmarine</a> patrols and <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> missions. It performed <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a> for ground units and flew some photographic charting missions. It also provided forces in the Caribbean with mail service.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 June 1943, the two squadrons located in the eastern Caribbean were reassigned to the <a href="/wiki/Antilles_Air_Command" title="Antilles Air Command">Antilles Air Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer4TRS_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer4TRS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer101BPS_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer101BPS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that month, the group and its remaining squadrons were renamed from observation to reconnaissance units. The group disbanded in November 1943 as the 108th Squadron inactivated and the 1st Squadron was reassigned directly to <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Air Force">Sixth Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer41PRS_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer41PRS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_reserve">Air Force reserve</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Air Force reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was reactivated as a <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> unit under <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (ADC) at <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Air Force Base">Hamilton Field</a>, California in July 1947, where its training was supervised by the 415 AAF Base Unit (later the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon activation, it was assigned the newly constituted <a href="/wiki/60th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Reconnaissance Squadron">60th Reconnaissance Squadron</a>. The following month, it added the <a href="/wiki/73d_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Fighter Squadron">73d Fighter Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1948 <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> (ConAC) assumed responsibility for managing <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> units from ADC.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it does not appear that the group was fully manned or equipped with operational aircraft during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 72nd was inactivated in June 1949 when ConAC reorganized its reserve units under the <a href="/wiki/Hobson_Plan" title="Hobson Plan">wing base organization</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Truman's</a> reduced 1949 defense budget also required reductions in the number of groups in the Air Force to 48.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's personnel and equipment were transferred to elements of the <a href="/wiki/349th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="349th Troop Carrier Wing">349th Troop Carrier Wing</a>, which was simultaneously activated to replace reserve elements at Hamilton.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strategic_Air_Command">Strategic Air Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Strategic Air Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg/220px-72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg/330px-72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg/440px-72d_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing_personnel_with_RB-36_Peacemaker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1852" data-file-height="1208" /></a><figcaption>Crew of a Wing RB-36 Peacemaker at Ramey AFB, about 1954</figcaption></figure> <p>The second predecessor of the wing was the <b>72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</b>, which was activated in June 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Ramey_Air_Force_Base" title="Ramey Air Force Base">Ramey Air Force Base</a>, Puerto Rico as a long range reconnaissance unit. It was assigned the 60th and 73rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadrons, which had been elements of the 72nd Group while a reserve unit, and the new <a href="/wiki/301st_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron">301st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron</a> as its operational units. The combat squadrons reported directly to the wing, eliminating the intermediate group structures under the "dual deputy" organization.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, until the end of September, the wing existed only on paper, and was commanded by the commander of the <a href="/wiki/55th_Strategic_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</a> as an additional duty. In October 1952, the 55th Wing moved to <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Air Force Base">Forbes Air Force Base</a>, Kansas without personnel or equipment, and the 72nd absorbed its remaining resources at Ramey.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein55SRW_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein55SRW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the 55th Wing had primarily operated <a href="/wiki/Boeing_RB-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing RB-50 Superfortress">Boeing RB-50 Superfortresses</a> at Ramey, the 72nd Wing began to equip with the <a href="/wiki/Convair_RB-36_Peacemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair RB-36 Peacemaker">Convair RB-36 Peacemaker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein55SRW_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein55SRW-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wing conducted global strategic reconnaissance from 1953. On 16 June 1954 the wing, along with SAC's other B-36 reconnaissance wings, was assigned bombing as its primary mission. However, it retained its designation as a reconnaissance wing until 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1958, the wing prepared for transition to the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a>. Its Peacemakers were gone by the end of the year, with the 73rd Squadron becoming nonoperational on 1 September 1958, followed by the 301st Squadron on 11 September and the 60th Squadron on 18 November. The <a href="/wiki/915th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="915th Air Refueling Squadron">915th Air Refueling Squadron</a>, operating <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers</a> activated on 1 September 1958. The first B-52s arrived the following year. However, starting in 1957 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC) had developed plans to disperse its B-52 force to reduce its vulnerability to Soviet missile attack.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SAC bases with large concentrations of bombers made attractive targets. SAC's response was to break up its wings and scatter their aircraft over a larger number of bases.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under this program, the wing's 73d Bombardment Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson Air Force Base</a>, North Carolina on 5 January as the strike unit for the <a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st Strategic Wing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the 301st Bombardment Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a>, Florida on 17 June 1959 to perform a similar role with the <a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th Strategic Wing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving the 60th as the wing's only bomber unit. The two transferred squadrons remained nonoperational until they were reassigned, while the 60th became operational with the B-52 on 13 August 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1960, one third of the wing's aircraft were maintained on fifteen minute <a href="/wiki/Alert_state" title="Alert state">alert</a>, fully fueled, armed and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. This was increased to half the wing's aircraft in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after detection of Soviet missiles in Cuba, on 20 October, the wing was directed to put two additional planes on alert. On 22 October 1/8 of SAC B-52s had been placed on <a href="/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome" title="Operation Chrome Dome">airborne alert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional KC-135s were placed on alert to replace KC-135s devoted to maintaining the B-52 bomber force on airborne alert.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 October SAC went to <a href="/wiki/DEFCON" title="DEFCON">DEFCON</a> 2, placing all the wing's aircraft on alert.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 November SAC returned to normal airborne alert posture.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, SAC went to DEFCON 3 and on 27 November SAC returned to the wing normal alert posture.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wing continued to stand nuclear alert until shortly before inactivating in June 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 915th Air Refueling Squadron inactivated with the wing and its personnel and planes were assigned to other units.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the 60th Bombardment Squadron's resources were also dispersed, the squadron moved on paper to <a href="/wiki/Anderson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Anderson Air Force Base">Anderson Air Force Base</a>, Guam, where it would resume operating B-52s.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_Commanders'_Conferences"><span id="Air_Force_Commanders.27_Conferences"></span>Air Force Commanders' Conferences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Air Force Commanders' Conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to its combat mission the wing hosted the annual United States Air Force Commander's Conferences, code named Corona South. While these began on an irregular basis in 1955, by the 1960s, they had been a regular annual event at Ramey. They continued until the wing was inactivated. <a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a> continued them until Ramey closed and they were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Homestead Air Force Base">Homestead Air Force Base</a>, Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_base_support">Air base support</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air base support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1984, the 72nd Reconnaissance Group and the 72nd Bombardment Wing were consolidated into a single unit. The consolidated unit was redesignated the <b>72nd Air Base Wing</b> and activated at <a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker Air Force Base</a>, Oklahoma on 1 October 1994. The wing replaced the 654th Air Base Group, which had served as the host for Tinker since 1953 under various designations.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>72nd Reconnaissance Group</dt></dl> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>72nd Observation Group</b> on 21 August 1941</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 26 September 1941</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>72nd Reconnaissance Group</b> (Special) on 25 June 1943</dd> <dd>Disbanded on 1 November 1943</dd></dl> <ul><li>Reconstituted as the <b>72nd Reconnaissance Group</b> on 13 May 1947</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in the reserve on 12 June 1947</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 27 June 1949<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer72RG_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer72RG-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Consolidated with the <b>72nd Bombardment Wing</b> as the <b>72nd Bombardment Wing</b> on 31 January 1984<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>72nd Air Base Wing</dt></dl> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</b>, Heavy on 4 June 1952<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 16 June 1952</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>72nd Bombardment Wing</b>, Heavy on 1 October 1955</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 30 June 1971<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein72BW_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein72BW-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Consolidated with the <b>72nd Reconnaissance Group</b> on 31 January 1984</li> <li>Redesignated <b>72nd Air Base Wing</b> on 16 September 1994</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Support_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Air Support Command">2nd Air Support Command</a>, 26 September 1941<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Service Command, Caribbean Air Force (later, 6th Air Force Base Command; VI Air Force Base Command; VI Air Force Service Command), January 1942</li> <li>VI Ground Air Support Command (Provisional), 15 October 1942<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>VI Air Force Service Command, 21 August – 1 November 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="325th Reconnaissance Wing">325th Reconnaissance Wing</a> (later, 325th Air Division, Reconnaissance), 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 16 June 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 1 January 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/823rd_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="823rd Air Division">823rd Air Division</a>, 1 October 1962 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, 1 October 1994 (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 10 July 2012)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Groups</dt></dl> <ul><li>72nd Air Base Group (later 72nd Combat Support Group, 72nd Support Group, 72nd Mission Support Group):<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971, 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>72nd Medical Group (later 72nd Tactical Hospital, 72nd Medical Group):<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16 June 1952 – 1 April 1959, 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>826th Medical Group (later USAF Hospital, Ramey) 1 April 1959 – c. 8 August 1972</li></ul> <dl><dt>Operational Squadrons</dt></dl> <ul><li>1st Observation Squadron (later 1st Reconnaissance Squadron): 26 September 1941 – 1 November 1943 (attached to <a href="/wiki/6th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Bombardment Group">6th Bombardment Group</a>, 10 April-c. 20 June 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer41PRS_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer41PRS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th Observation Squadron: 29 March 1942 – 1 June 1943 (attached to Puerto Rican Department, 29 March 1942; <a href="/wiki/Antilles_Air_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Antilles Air Task Force">Antilles Air Task Force</a> after 23 March 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer4TRS_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer4TRS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>39th Observation Squadron: 7 March 1942 – 1 June 1943 (attached to Trinidad Sector and Base Command after 6 August 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer101BPS_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer101BPS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>60th Reconnaissance Squadron (later 60th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 60th Bombardment Squadron): 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949, 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971 (not operational until 4 October 1952 and from 18 November 1958 – 13 August 1959)</li> <li>73d Fighter Squadron (later 73rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 73rd Bombardment Squadron): 1 August 1947 – 27 June 1949, 16 June 1952 – 5 January 1959 (not operational until 7 January 1953 and after 1 September 1958)</li> <li>108th Observation Squadron (later 108th Reconnaissance Squadron): 26 September 1941 – 1 November 1943</li> <li>124th Observation Squadron: 26 September 1941 – 12 March 1942</li> <li>301st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 301 Bombardment Squadron): 16 June 1952 – 17 June 1959(not operational until c. 15 March 1953 and after 17 September 1958)</li> <li>915th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 September 1958 – 30 June 1971<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Support Squadrons</dt></dl> <ul><li>1st Communications Squadron, Air Support (later <a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Support_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Air Support Communications Squadron">1st Air Support Communications Squadron</a>: Attached April 1942 – April 1943<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21st Munitions Maintenance Squadron: 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>72nd Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron: 1 November 1962 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>72nd Armament and Electronics Maintenance Squadron (later 72nd Avionics Maintenance Squadron): 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>72nd Comptroller Squadron: 2 July 2004 – unknown</li> <li>72nd Field Maintenance Squadron: 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron:<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after 13 March 2009 – present</li> <li>72nd Operations Support Squadron:<sup id="cite_ref-Tinkerfacts_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tinkerfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>72nd Periodic Maintenance Squadron (later 72nd Organizational Maintenance Squadron): 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971</li></ul> <dl><dt>Other</dt></dl> <ul><li>USAF Hospital, Ramey: (see 826th Medical Group)</li> <li>4235th USAF Hospital: 15 February 1954 – 1 February 1959</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Shreveport Municipal Airport, Louisiana, 26 September 1941</li> <li>Adams Field, Arkansas, 2 October 1941</li> <li>Marshall Field, Kansas, 11–27 December 1941</li> <li>Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 18 January 1942 – 1 November 1943</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Hamilton Field (later Hamilton Air Force Base), California, 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949</li> <li>Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, 16 June 1952 – 30 June 1971</li> <li>Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 October 1994 – present<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>North American O-47, 1941–1943</li> <li>Stinson O-49 Vigilant, 1941–1943</li> <li>Piper L-4 Grasshopper, 1942–1943</li> <li>Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1942–1943</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943</li> <li>Convair RB-36 Peacemaker, 1952–1958</li> <li>Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1958–1971</li> <li>Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1959–1971<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_campaigns">Awards and campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Awards and campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award streamer</th> <th>Award</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a></td> <td>1 October 1957–1 June 1958</td> <td>72nd Bombardment Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 July 1968– 30 June 1969</td> <td>72nd Bombardment Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 January 1995-31 December 1996</td> <td>72nd Air Base Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 January 1997-31 December 1998</td> <td>72nd Air Base Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 January 2005-31 December 2006</td> <td>72nd Air Base Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 July 2012-30 June 2014</td> <td>72nd Air Base Wing<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Campaign_Streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/200px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/300px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/400px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="2444" data-file-height="188" /></a></span></td> <td>Antisubmarine</td> <td>7 December 1941 – 1 November 1943</td> <td>72nd Observation Group (later 72nd Reconnaissance Group)<sup id="cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_B-52_Units_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force">List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Reconnaissance_wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Reconnaissance wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">List of USAF Reconnaissance wings assigned to Strategic Air Command</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Probably taken at <a href="/wiki/Midway_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Midway Airport">Midway Airport</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft is Bell P-39Q-5-BE Airacobra, serial 42-19622, taken in 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Borinquen_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Borinquen Field">Borinquen Field</a>, Puerto Rico.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The group had been organized on 1 August 1953 as the 2854th Air Base Wing. It was downgraded to group status on 16 October 1964. When the Air Force eliminated Major Command Controlled units (4 digit), it became the 654th Support Group on 1 October 1992, then the 654th Air Base Group a year later. <i>See</i> Mueller, p. 545 (designations through September 1982).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 1972, SAC activated the <a href="/wiki/List_of_B-52_Units_of_the_United_States_Air_Force#Provisional_B-52_units" title="List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force">Strategic Wing, Provisional, 72nd</a> at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Despite the similarity in name and number, this provisional wing is unrelated to the 72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stevens Lists this as "2 Air Service Command." This seems unlikely as Maurer lists all three of the group's original squadrons as being previously assigned to "II Air Support Command" and observation, light bomber and dive bomber units were typically assigned to air support commands at this time. Maurer elsewhere omits the components of II Air Support Command because of their "large number and frequent changes." Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 434. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency+Organizational+Reconds%3A+Types+of+USAF+Organizations&rft.pub=Air+Force+History+Index&rft.date=2008-01-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433913%2Ftypes-of-usaf-organizations%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stevens lists this as "VI Ground Support Command."</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-72ABWfacts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-72ABWfacts_1-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevens2017" class="citation web cs1">Stevens, Maj Tonya (23 May 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432882/72-air-base-wing-afmc/">"Factsheet 72 Air Base Wing (AFMC)"</a>. 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Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. 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(1984). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave"><i>Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977</i></a></span>. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9"><bdi>0-912799-12-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Wings%2C+Lineage+%26+Honors+Histories+1947-1977&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-912799-12-9&rft.aulast=Ravenstein&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fairforcecombatwi0000rave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=72nd_Air_Base_Wing&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCantwell1997" class="citation book cs1">Cantwell, Gerald T. (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/01/2001329894/-1/-1/0/AFD-101201-044.pdf"><i>Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-16049-269-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-16049-269-6"><bdi>0-16049-269-6</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Citizen+Airmen%3A+a+History+of+the+Air+Force+Reserve%2C+1946-1994&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Air+Force+History+and+Museums+Program&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-16049-269-6&rft.aulast=Cantwell&rft.aufirst=Gerald+T.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F01%2F2001329894%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101201-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHagedorn1995" class="citation book cs1">Hagedorn, Dan (1995). <i>Alae Supra Canalem: Wings Over the Canal</i>. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56311-153-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-56311-153-5"><bdi>1-56311-153-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alae+Supra+Canalem%3A+Wings+Over+the+Canal&rft.place=Nashville%2C+TN&rft.pub=Turner+Publishing&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-56311-153-5&rft.aulast=Hagedorn&rft.aufirst=Dan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogers2005" class="citation book cs1">Rogers, Brian. (2005). <i>United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978</i>. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85780-197-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85780-197-0"><bdi>1-85780-197-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=United+States+Air+Force+Unit+Designations+Since+1978&rft.place=Hinkley%2C+UK&rft.pub=Midland+Publications&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-85780-197-0&rft.aulast=Rogers&rft.aufirst=Brian.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A72nd+Air+Base+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Director of Staff of the United States Air 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Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br /> 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Warren</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Air National Guard Base">Lincoln</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Air_Force_Base" title="Little Rock Air Force Base">Little Rock</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air 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Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a> (unbuilt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schilling Air Force Base">Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base" title="Wurtsmith Air Force Base">Wurtsmith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Guerir_Air_Base" title="Ben Guerir Air Base">Ben Guerir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boulhaut_Air_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boulhaut Air Base (page does not exist)">Boulhaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntingthorpe_Aerodrome" title="Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome">RAF Bruntingthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">RAF Burtonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base" title="Ernest Harmon Air Force Base">Ernest Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upper_Heyford" title="RAF Upper Heyford">RAF Upper Heyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrej%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Torrejón Air Base">Torrejón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouasseur_Air_Base" title="Nouasseur Air Base">Nouasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport" title="Rabat–Salé Airport">Rabat-Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area" title="Sculthorpe Training Area">RAF Sculthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Slimane_Air_Base" title="Sidi Slimane Air Base">Sidi Slimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_South_Ruislip" title="RAF South Ruislip">RAF South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield" title="U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield">U-Tapao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Strategic Air Command"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/100px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/150px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/200px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Air Division">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Division" title="7th Air Division">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806th_Air_Division" title="806th Air Division">806th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4310th_Air_Division" title="4310th Air Division">4310th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic<br />aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="816th Strategic Aerospace Division">816th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="818th Strategic Aerospace Division">818th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="820th Strategic Aerospace Division">820th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="825th Strategic Aerospace Division">825th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_wings" title="Strategic Air Command wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bombardment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Wing" title="17th Training Wing">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Wing">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Bombardment Wing">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Base Wing">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Base Wing">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air Ground Operations Wing">93d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Air Refueling Wing">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="379th Air Expeditionary Wing">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/380th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="380th Air Expeditionary Wing">380th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Bombardment Wing">416th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Wing" title="465th Bombardment Wing">465th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Fighter_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Fighter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/506th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="506th Air Expeditionary Group">506th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_missile_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of missile wings of the United States Air Force">Missile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Missile_Wing" title="91st Missile Wing">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Strategic Missile Wing">308th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Strategic Missile Wing">321st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing" title="341st Missile Wing">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Strategic Missile Wing">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Strategic Missile Wing">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Strategic Missile Wing">392d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Strategic Missile Wing">451st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="705th Strategic Missile Wing">705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Strategic Missile Wing">706th</a></li> <li>4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Air Mobility Wing">6th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">26th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" title="544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_air_refueling_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force air refueling wings">Refueling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Air Refueling Wing">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="305th Air Mobility Wing">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Air Refueling Wing">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Strategic_Wings_assigned_to_the_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Strategic Wings assigned to the Strategic Air Command">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">AFCON</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Range_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Range Wing">98th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Strategic Wing">307th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MAJCOM_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3918th_Strategic_Wing" title="3918th Strategic Wing">3918th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3920th_Strategic_Wing" title="3920th Strategic Wing">3920th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">3960th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3970th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3970th Strategic Wing">3970th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3973d_Strategic_Wing" title="3973d Strategic Wing">3973d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4026th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4026th Strategic Wing">4026th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4038th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4038th Strategic Wing">4038th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4039th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4039th Strategic Wing">4039th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4042d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4042d Strategic Wing">4042d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4043d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4043d Strategic Wing">4043d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4047th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4047th Strategic Wing">4047th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">4080th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing" title="4081st Strategic Wing">4081st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4082d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4082d Strategic Wing">4082d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4083d_Strategic_Wing" title="4083d Strategic Wing">4083d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4123d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4123d Strategic Wing">4123d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4126th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4126th Strategic Wing">4126th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4128th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4130th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4130th Strategic Wing">4130th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4133rd_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4133rd Strategic Wing">4133d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4134th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4134th Strategic Wing">4134th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4136th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4136th Strategic Wing">4136th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4137th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4137th Strategic Wing">4137th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4138th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4141st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4141st Strategic Wing">4141st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4158th_Strategic_Wing" title="4158th Strategic Wing">4158th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4170th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4170th Strategic Wing">4170th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4228th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4228th Strategic Wing">4228th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4238th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4238th Strategic Wing">4238th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4239th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4239th Strategic Wing">4239th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4245th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4245th Strategic Wing">4245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="376th Strategic Wing">4252nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4258th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4258th Strategic Wing">4258th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4321st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4321st Strategic Wing">4321st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">USAAF<br />Groups<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>*</big>= initial assigned<br />unit upon SAC's<br />activation</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Operations Group">43rd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Operations Group">93d</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a> (3/46*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th</a> (6/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a> (2/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st Strategic Reconnaissance</a> (1/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Equipment_of_Strategic_Air_Command" title="Equipment of Strategic Air Command">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">North American B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">Convair B-58 Hustler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command<br />& Control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">Lockheed DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-2 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86 Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">AGM-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-129_ACM" title="AGM-129 ACM">AGM-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">HGM-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper" title="LGM-118 Peacekeeper">LGM-118A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">SM-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">PGM-17A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">PGM-19A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#U-2R/S_details" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed TR-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra" title="Martin RB-57D Canberra">Martin RB-57D Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing RB-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing RB-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">Lockheed Martin KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">Convair C-131 Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">Boeing C-135 Stratolifter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kenney" title="George Kenney">George Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Nazzaro" title="Joseph J. Nazzaro">Joseph J. Nazzaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_K._Holloway" title="Bruce K. Holloway">Bruce K. Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Meyer" title="John C. Meyer">John C. Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_E._Dougherty" title="Russell E. Dougherty">Russell E. Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Ellis" title="Richard H. Ellis">Richard H. Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_L._Davis" title="Bennie L. Davis">Bennie L. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Chain,_Jr,&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Chain, Jr, (page does not exist)">John T. 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Rohlsen Airport">Benedict</a> (Saint Croix)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beane_Air_Force_Base" title="Beane Air Force Base">Beane</a> (Saint Lucia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsen_Air_Force_Base" title="Carlsen Air Force Base">Carlsen</a> (Trinidad)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piarco_International_Airport" title="Piarco International Airport">Piarco Airport</a> (Trinidad)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_Air_Force_Base" title="Waller Air Force Base">Waller</a> (Trinidad)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Canal Zone</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albrook_Air_Force_Station" title="Albrook Air Force Station">Albrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Adolfo_Jim%C3%A9nez_Airport" title="Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Air_Force_Base" title="Howard 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href="/wiki/Tocumen_International_Airport" title="Tocumen International Airport">Patilla Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poncri_Auxiliary_Aerodrome" title="Poncri Auxiliary Aerodrome">Pocri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Mart%C3%ADnez_International_Airport" title="Scarlett Martínez International Airport">Río Hato</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Central and South<br />America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m/Val-de-Cans_International_Airport" title="Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport">Belém</a> (Brazil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddi_Jagan_International_Airport" title="Cheddi Jagan International Airport">Atkinson</a> (British Guiana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_Adolf_Pengel_International_Airport" title="Johan Adolf Pengel International 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Air_Support_Command" title="II Air Support Command">II Air Support Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_Fighter_Command" title="V Fighter Command">II Fighter Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IV_Air_Support_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="IV Air Support Command">IV Air Support Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XX_Bomber_Command" title="XX Bomber Command">XX Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXI_Bomber_Command" title="XXI Bomber Command">XXI Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Bomber_Command" title="XXII Bomber Command">XXII Bomber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Bombardment_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Bombardment Training Wing">15th Bombardment Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">16th Bombardment Operational Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th Bombardment Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Replacement_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Replacement Wing (World War II)">18th Replacement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Operations_Group" title="46th Operations Group">46th Bombardment Operational Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Air_Division" title="73rd Air Division">73rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/315th_Air_Division" title="315th Air Division">315th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Operations_Group" title="2nd Operations Group">2nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Operations_Group" title="6th Operations Group">6th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Operations_Group" title="9th Operations Group">9th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="16th Air Expeditionary Wing">16th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Operations_Group" title="19th Operations Group">19th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">25th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="29th Flying Training Wing">29th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Air_Base_Wing" title="39th Air Base Wing">39th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Air_Base_Wing" title="42nd Air Base Wing">42nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Group">85th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Operations_Group" title="86th Operations Group">86th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">86th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">88th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/302nd_Operations_Group" title="302nd Operations Group">302nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="303rd Air Expeditionary Group">303rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/304th_Bombardment_Group" title="304th Bombardment Group">304th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Operations_Group" title="305th Operations Group">305th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Flying_Training_Group" title="306th Flying Training Group">306th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Armament_Systems_Group" title="308th Armament Systems Group">308th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Aeronautical_Systems_Group" title="312th Aeronautical Systems Group">312th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/330th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="330th Bombardment Group">330th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="331st Bombardment Group">331st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Air Expeditionary Operations Group">379th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Training Group">381st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/382nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Electronic_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="450th Electronic Warfare Wing">450th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Air Expeditionary Wing">451st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452nd_Operations_Group" title="452nd Operations Group">452nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/453rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453rd Operations Group">453rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Group" title="456th Bombardment Group">456th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="457th Air Expeditionary Group">457th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/458th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="458th Air Expeditionary Group">458th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/460th_Space_Wing" title="460th Space Wing">460th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462nd_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462nd Strategic Aerospace Wing">462nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/464th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing" title="464th Tactical Airlift Wing">464th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/468th_Bombardment_Group" title="468th Bombardment Group">468th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/469th_Bombardment_Group" title="469th Bombardment Group">469th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/470th_Bombardment_Group" title="470th Bombardment Group">470th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/471st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="471st Bombardment Group">471st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/472nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="472nd Bombardment Group">472nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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