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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&params=35_57_52_N_89_56_38_W_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°57′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°56′38″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.96444°N 89.94389°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.96444; -89.94389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Air Force Base</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command" title="Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command">Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command</a> (1942-1945) <p><a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Forces" title="Continental Air Forces">Continental Air Forces</a> (1945-1946) <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a> (1946) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> (1954–1958) </p> <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (1959–1991)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">Blytheville Army Airfield - May 10, 1942; Blytheville Air Force Base - August 9, 1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1946, 1953–1992</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command" title="Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command">25th Two-Engine Flying Training Group</a> (1942-1945) <p><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st Bombardment Wing</a> (1956–1958)<br /> </p> <a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Wing">97th Bombardment Wing</a> (1959–1991)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blytheville Air Force Base</b> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> base that operated under the Tactical Air Command and Strategic Air Command from 1954 until its closure in 1992. The facility originally served as a <a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">B-25</a> pilot training school during WW2. For the majority of its operation, the base served as a home for SAC's <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52</a> ground alert program. In 1988, the facility was renamed <b>Eaker Air Force Base</b> in honor of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> General of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Blytheville,_Arkansas" title="Blytheville, Arkansas">Blytheville, Arkansas</a>. The facility now operates as the Arkansas Aeroplex and <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_International_Airport" title="Arkansas International Airport">Arkansas International Airport</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction_and_World_War_2">Construction and World War 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and World War 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Constructed on former agricultural land, the site was originally activated as the Blytheville Army Airfield in 1942. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the site served as a training airfield as part of the 70,000 Pilot Training Program. It was one of many air fields created in the country's interior during the war for this purpose. Blytheville, Arkansas was selected as a training location due to its proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>, where supplies could easily be shipped to and from the site.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction of the airfield at Blytheville was quicker than other pilot schools in Arkansas, so the first groups to train at the base were originally intended for <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Facility_Walnut_Ridge" title="Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge">Walnut Ridge Army Airfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thompson%E2%80%93Robbins_Airport" title="Thompson–Robbins Airport">Helena Aerotech</a> for their basic training.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also additional auxiliary airfields at <a href="/wiki/Luxora,_Arkansas" title="Luxora, Arkansas">Luxora, AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manila_Municipal_Airport" title="Manila Municipal Airport">Manilla, AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hornersville,_Missouri" title="Hornersville, Missouri">Hornersville, MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steele,_Missouri" title="Steele, Missouri">Steele, MO</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cooter,_Missouri" title="Cooter, Missouri">Cooter, MO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Six tan warehouses" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg/220px-WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg/330px-WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg/440px-WW2_era_warehouses_Dec_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Buildings 430, 431, 432, 438, 439, and 440. These warehouses were constructed in 1942, and are the only WW2 era buildings left on the property.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first casualty of the flight school was Herbert Perkins, a native of Virginia whose <a href="/wiki/Vultee_BT-13_Valiant" title="Vultee BT-13 Valiant">BT-13</a> crashed near the intermediate air field at <a href="/wiki/Luxora,_Arkansas" title="Luxora, Arkansas">Luxora, AR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airfield was used as the Southeastern Training Command's flight training school. Cadets trained on the <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">AT-6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_AT-9_Jeep" title="Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep">AT-9</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_AT-10_Wichita" title="Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita">AT-10</a> to learn to fly the B-25.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the flight school hosted a small number of TB-25Gs, a trainer version of the B-25.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1945, the base also hosted a glider school to train servicemen to fly the <a href="/wiki/Waco_CG-4" title="Waco CG-4">Waco CG-4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airfield closed in October 1945 after the Second World War ended.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then the airfield briefly became a processing center for the rapid demobilization of military personnel being discharged. The <a href="/wiki/War_Assets_Administration" title="War Assets Administration">War Assets Administration</a> officially closed down the installation in 1946, at which point control and responsibility for the land was transferred to the city of Blytheville.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reopening_under_Tactical_Air_Command">Reopening under Tactical Air Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reopening under Tactical Air Command"><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:Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_(SN_56-0582)_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_(SN_55-3127)_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_%28SN_56-0582%29_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_%28SN_55-3127%29_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1026" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>-era image of a B-52 being refueled by a KC-135</figcaption></figure> <p>On 15 July 1955, the facility was reopened by the <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> as Blytheville Air Force Base (AFB), when the <a href="/wiki/461st_Air_Control_Wing" title="461st Air Control Wing">461st Bombardment Wing</a> was moved from <a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill Air Force Base</a> in Utah. Blytheville AFB became fully operational when it was equipped with a wing of three squadrons of <a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">B-57 bombers</a> on 19 July 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the 461st never saw any combat during its time at Blytheville Air Force Base, it was assigned to a number of training exercises and experiments. The 461st Wing's B-57Bs participated on Operation Sagebrush,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Redwing" title="Operation Redwing">Operation Redwing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operation Mobile Charlie, Operation Counter Punch, and Operation Able Vista.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transfer_to_Strategic_Air_Command">Transfer to Strategic Air Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transfer to Strategic Air Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="the front façade of a concrete bunker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg/291px-Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg" decoding="async" width="291" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg/437px-Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg/582px-Eaker_Air_Force_Base_bunkers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1584" /></a><figcaption>Bunkers used to store nuclear weapons at Blytheville (Eaker) Air Force Base</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 1, 1958, the base was formally transferred into the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, as part of a planned expansion of the B-52 bomber program. In July 1959, the <a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Bombardment Wing</a> subsequently assumed control of the base and brought with it the long-range B-52G bomber and the KC-135A Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft to support bomber operations and SAC's ground alert program. A <a href="/wiki/Mole_hole" title="Mole hole">Ready Alert Facility</a> was constructed on the base in 1960, similar to others being built all over America at the time. Blytheville AFB experienced a great deal of activity throughout the Cold War era. The base was taken to a heightened state of alert on three occasions. First, the 4229th Air Base Unit was taken to a "personnel alert" during the 1958 Lebanon Crisis. Second, the base was taken to <a href="/wiki/DEFCON" title="DEFCON">DEFCON</a> 2 and the 97th Bombardment Wing was placed on airborne alert on 22 October 1962, during the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>. Two B-52G bombers were readied to strike the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons if necessary—for which the wing received the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a> for its performance during the crisis. And third, the base was taken to DEFCON 3 in 1973 during the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nrhpdoc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A large tan metal aircraft hangar with two large rollback doors" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg/220px-Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg/330px-Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg/440px-Hanger_207_Dec_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Hangar 207 was constructed in 1954 for B-57 maintenance. It later served as the headquarters for the 97th Organizational Maintenance Squadron</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> the 97th Bomber Wing at Blytheville supported strike operations throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. A bomber crew from Blytheville was among the first shot down during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II" title="Operation Linebacker II">Operation Linebacker II</a>, a December 1972 mission targeting complexes in <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a>. Three crewmen died in the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeard2018_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeard2018-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six more men from the 97th were also lost in Vietnam, whose names are recognized on a memorial placard at the former base. In 1972, all of the bombers were temporarily moved to Guam before being returned to Blytheville AFB, at which time the installation resumed normal functions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It launched rescue missions from the base to <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada" title="United States invasion of Grenada">Grenada</a> in 1983 and in August 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the pilots of the 97th Bomber Wing began practicing for missions in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> and eventually supported <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Operation Desert Storm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-52_dropping_bombs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1439" data-file-height="1079" /></a><figcaption>B-52 releasing its payload over Vietnam</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Renamed_Eaker_AFB_and_base_closure">Renamed Eaker AFB and base closure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Renamed Eaker AFB and base closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, the U.S. Air Force officially renamed Blytheville AFB to Eaker AFB in commemoration of World War II General Ira Eaker, the former commander of the 8th Air Force. Officials had hoped, after hearing rumors of the base's possible closure, that the name would endear the base among military leaders and be enough to incentivize its continued existence. Unfortunately, Eaker Air Force Base topped the Strategic Air Command's list of <a href="/wiki/1991_Base_Realignment_and_Closure_Commission" title="1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission">base closures in 1991</a> and with the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> coming to an end, the installation was officially chosen; in March 1992, the last aircraft left the base. Extensive efforts to offset the negative economic effects on the community of Blytheville were undertaken by local and federal officials, who cleaned up the site and then distributed the land to various organizations, including the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">Department of the Interior (DOI)</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)</a>. Some of the land has since been declared a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><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:BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A one-story office building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg/220px-BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg/330px-BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg/440px-BAFB_Exhibition-Building_202_Dec_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2699" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Building 202 was constructed in 1954 as a pilot training center for the 461st BMS. It now houses the BAFB Exhibition, the first permanent exhibit of the National Cold War Center</figcaption></figure> <p>The base closure cost the community over 700 civilian jobs, but half of these were recovered through the adaptive reuse of the former base, such as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Post Office's</a> utilization of the base in the late 1990s as an airport hub during the holidays, some of the base housing being converted by Westminster Village of the Mid-South for a retirement community, the construction of a $2.5 million sports complex by the local community, and the private investment of some $3 million for the creation of the Thunder Bayou Golf Course.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arkansas_Aeroplex_and_The_National_Cold_War_Center">Arkansas Aeroplex and The National Cold War Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arkansas Aeroplex and The National Cold War Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within a decade of the base's closure, the facility was reopened as the Arkansas Aeroplex, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_International_Airport" title="Arkansas International Airport">Arkansas International Airport</a>. The main tenant of the Aeroplex is Aviation Repair Technologies, which specializes in large aircraft repair.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the National Cold War Center was created by local citizens to take the base's former SAC Alert Facility and turn it into the primary exhibit for a museum that focused on the many aspects of the Cold War.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_Districts">Historic Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historic Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Historic_district"></span> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United States historic place</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-spacing:1px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; border:none;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF; line-height:1.5">Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF;"><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">U.S. National Register of Historic Places</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Building1225frontmay2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Building1225frontmay2023.jpg/250px-Building1225frontmay2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Building1225frontmay2023.jpg/375px-Building1225frontmay2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Building1225frontmay2023.jpg/500px-Building1225frontmay2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Building 1225, the Readiness Crew Building of the base's SAC alert facility. 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border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">4701 Memorial Drive, <a href="/wiki/Blytheville,_Arkansas" title="Blytheville, Arkansas">Blytheville, Arkansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&params=35_57_33_N_89_57_47_W_type:landmark_region:US-AR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°57′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°57′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.95917°N 89.96306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.95917; -89.96306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">247 acres (100 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100001999">100001999</a><sup id="cite_ref-weekly_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weekly-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">26 January 2018</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The facility houses two historic districts, the <b>Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District</b> and the <b>Blytheville Air Force Base Capehart Housing Historic District.</b> Both were listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-weekly_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weekly-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SAC Alert Facility is a 247 acres (100 ha) <a href="/wiki/Historic_district_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic district (United States)">historic district</a> which included 23 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_buildings" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing buildings">contributing buildings</a>, 33 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_structures" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing structures">contributing structures</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Contributing_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing sites">contributing sites</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Contributing_object" class="mw-redirect" title="Contributing object">contributing object</a>, as well as two non-contributing buildings. The facility was originally constructed in 1960 after the Strategic Air Command took over the base.<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpdoc_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2022, the National Cold War Center began working to restore the facility as its primary exhibit.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patch_and_Emblem_Gallery">Patch and Emblem Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Patch and Emblem Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerycaption">Emblems for Commands and Units assigned to and overseeing Blytheville Air Force Base</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command_-_Emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command emblem"><img alt="Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command emblem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command_-_Emblem.png/77px-Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command_-_Emblem.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command_-_Emblem.png/115px-Army_Air_Forces_Eastern_Flying_Training_Command_-_Emblem.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="900" data-file-height="885" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">461st Bombardment Wing, Tactical emblem</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="764th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch"><img alt="764th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/120px-764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/180px-764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/240px-764th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="277" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">764th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="765th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch"><img alt="765th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png/117px-765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="117" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png/176px-765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png/235px-765_Bombardment_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="396" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">765th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="766th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch"><img alt="766th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/119px-766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/179px-766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png/238px-766th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="302" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">766th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical patch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SAC_Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Strategic Air Command Emblem"><img alt="Strategic Air Command Emblem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/SAC_Shield.svg/120px-SAC_Shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/SAC_Shield.svg/180px-SAC_Shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/SAC_Shield.svg/240px-SAC_Shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Strategic Air Command Emblem</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Division_042nd_Air.png" class="mw-file-description" title="42nd Air Division emblem"><img alt="42nd Air Division emblem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Division_042nd_Air.png/120px-Division_042nd_Air.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Division_042nd_Air.png/180px-Division_042nd_Air.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Division_042nd_Air.png/240px-Division_042nd_Air.png 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">42nd Air Division emblem</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wing_0097th_Bomb.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="97th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Patch"><img alt="97th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Wing_0097th_Bomb.gif/120px-Wing_0097th_Bomb.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Wing_0097th_Bomb.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="145" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">97th Bombardment Wing, Heavy Patch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="340th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy patch"><img alt="340th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg/120px-340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg/180px-340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/340_bomb_sq_97_bomb_wg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="189" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">340th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy patch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0097_AIR_REFUELING_SQUADRON_-_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="97th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy patch"><img alt="97th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/0097_AIR_REFUELING_SQUADRON_-_2.jpg/120px-0097_AIR_REFUELING_SQUADRON_-_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/0097_AIR_REFUELING_SQUADRON_-_2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="139" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">97th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy patch</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_commands_to_which_assigned">Major commands to which assigned</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major commands to which assigned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Army Air Force Flying Training Command</a>, 10 June 1942 – 16 June 1945</li> <li>Continental Air Forces, 16 June 1945 – 21 March 1946 <ul><li>Redesignated to <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 21 March 1946 – 1 April 1946</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 1 April 1946 – 15 August 1946, 10 June 1953 – 1 October 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1 October 1953 – 1 July 1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 1 July 1954 – 1 April 1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 1 April 1958 – 1 June 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>, 1 June 1992 – 15 December 1992 (not operational)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg/220px-Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg/330px-Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg/440px-Canadian_F-101B_intercepting_B-52G_1980.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2865" data-file-height="1901" /></a><figcaption>97th Wing B-52 2580 "Miss Piggy" flying in formation with Canadian F-101Bs</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_units_assigned">Major units assigned</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major units assigned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>326th Army Air Forces Base Unit, July 21, 1942 - April 30, 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Flying_Training_Wing_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)" title="30th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)">25th Twin Engine Flying Training Group</a>, 25 July 1942 – 29 February 1944 <ul><li>698th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>699th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>700th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>701st Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>702nd Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>703rd Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li> <li>704th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron</li></ul></li> <li>945th Quartermaster Truck Platoon, October 2, 1942</li> <li>309th Aviation Squadron, September 14, 1942 - April 30, 1944</li> <li>2111th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 May 1944 – 15 June 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="I Troop Carrier Command">809th Army Air Force Base Unit</a>, 16 June 1945 – 31 March 1946</li> <li>334th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 April 1946 – 25 November 1946</li> <li>387th Composite Squadron (Reserve), 25 April 1949 – 17 June 1949</li> <li>4431st Air Base Squadron, 19 July 1955 – 16 October 1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Air_Control_Wing" title="461st Air Control Wing">461st Bombardment Wing</a>, Tactical, 17 October 1956 – 1 April 1958 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/764th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="764th Bombardment Squadron">764th Bombardment Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="765th Bombardment Squadron">765th Bombardment Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/766th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="766th Bombardment Squadron">766th Bombardment Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li>4229th Air Base Squadron, 1 April 1958 – 1 July 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Bombardment Wing, Heavy</a>, 1 July 1959 – 1 September 1991; Redesignated: 97th Wing, 1 September 1991 – 1 April 1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/340th_Weapons_Squadron" title="340th Weapons Squadron">340th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/914th_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="914th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron">914th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="97th Air Refueling Squadron">97th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_(7251460322).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A B-52 bomber sitting on an aircraft apron" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg/220px-B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg/330px-B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg/440px-B-52G_with_Quail_D4C-6086-061961_%287251460322%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5904" data-file-height="4712" /></a><figcaption>B-52G 58-0231 sitting on the apron at Blytheville Air Force Base. The base's Readiness Crew Building and Weapon Storage are in the far background.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_aircraft_assigned">Major aircraft assigned</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Major aircraft assigned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_BT-13_Valiant" title="Vultee BT-13 Valiant">Vultee BT-13 Valiant</a>, 1942-1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-6_Texan" class="mw-redirect" title="T-6 Texan">North American AT-6</a>B, 1942–1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_AT-9" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtiss AT-9">Curtiss AT-9A</a>, 1942–1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beech_AT-10_Wichita" class="mw-redirect" title="Beech AT-10 Wichita">Beech AT-10B</a>, 1942–1945</li> <li>Republic AT-12, 1942–1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-25_Mitchell" class="mw-redirect" title="B-25 Mitchell">North American TB-25G</a>, 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-46_Commando" class="mw-redirect" title="C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46</a>, 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-47_Skytrain" class="mw-redirect" title="C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47</a>, 1945; 1956-1971<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_CG-4" title="Waco CG-4">Waco CG-4</a>, 1945<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-57_Canberra" class="mw-redirect" title="B-57 Canberra">Martin B-57 Canberra</a>, 1956–1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_T-33" title="Lockheed T-33">Lockheed T-33</a>, 1956-1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-52" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52">Boeing B-52G Stratofortress</a>, 1960–1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_T-37_Tweet" title="Cessna T-37 Tweet">Cessna T-37</a>, 1960-1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC-135" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135">Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker</a>, 1961–1992</li></ul> <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=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_World_War_II_Army_Airfields" title="Arkansas World War II Army Airfields">Arkansas World War II Army Airfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Flying_Training_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Flying Training Wing (World War II)">30th Flying Training Wing (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_site" title="Eaker site">Eaker site</a>, a major archaeological site within the base's grounds</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira Eaker</a>, WW2 Army Air Forces General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</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=Blytheville_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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 .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartley2018-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHartley2018_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHartley2018">Hartley 2018</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/eaker-air-force-base-2795/">"Encyclopedia of Arkansas"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia of Arkansas</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Warren Air Force Base">F. E. 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 Force Base">Malmstrom</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pease_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Pease Air National Guard Base">Pease</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Rickenbacker</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base" title="Sheppard Air Force Base">Sheppard</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> 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title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet Air Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base" title="Castle Air Force Base">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennault_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennault Air Force Base">Chennault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton-Sherman_Air_Force_Base" title="Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base">Clinton-Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Island Army Airfield">Grand Island</a> (AAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K. I. 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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" class="mw-redirect" 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. Chain, Jr,</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lee_Butler" title="George Lee Butler">George Lee Butler</a></li></ul> </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;">Emblems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a 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4em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg/28px-Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg/42px-Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg/56px-Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="218" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> (TAC)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</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/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</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></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg/70px-Tactical_Air_Command_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/24th_Air_Division" title="24th Air Division">24th (ADTAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Division" title="25th Air Division">25th (ADTAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Division" title="26th Air Division">26th (ADTAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Air_Division" title="28th Air Division">28th (ADTAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/831st_Air_Division" title="831st Air Division">831st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/832d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="832d Air Division">832d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/833d_Air_Division" title="833d Air Division">833d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/834th_Airlift_Division" title="834th Airlift Division">834th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/835th_Air_Division" title="835th Air Division">835th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/836th_Air_Division" title="836th Air Division">836th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/837th_Air_Division" title="837th Air Division">837th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/838th_Air_Division" title="838th Air Division">838th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/839th_Air_Division" title="839th Air Division">839th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/840th_Air_Division" title="840th Air Division">840th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Named units</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/Air_Forces_Panama" title="Air Forces Panama">Air Forces Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik" title="Naval Air Station Keflavik">Air Forces Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense, Tactical Air Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Major_bases_and_units_of_Tactical_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Major bases and units of Tactical Air Command">Wings</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:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">TFW</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/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/15th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Airlift Wing">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Fighter_Wing" title="20th Fighter Wing">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Operations Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Training_Wing" title="37th Training Wing">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Space_Wing" title="50th Space Wing">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Fighter_Wing" title="312th Fighter Wing">312th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323d_Flying_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="323d Flying Training Wing">323d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/347th_Rescue_Wing" title="347th Rescue Wing">347th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Wing" title="355th Wing">355th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Wing" title="57th Wing">57th FWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Airlift Wing">63d TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="64th Airlift Wing">64th TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Network_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Network Warfare Wing">67th TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Air_Base_Wing" title="75th Air Base Wing">75th TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Group" title="85th Group">85th TFTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/317th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="317th Airlift Wing">317th TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363d_Flying_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="363d Flying Training Group">363d TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="405th Air Expeditionary Wing">405th TFTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Tactical_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Tactical Bombardment Wing">461st TBW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4505th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="4505th Air Refueling Wing">4505th ARW</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;"><a href="/wiki/Major_bases_and_units_of_Tactical_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Major bases and units of Tactical Air Command">Former<br />bases</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:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Active<br />(MAJCOM)</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/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_City-Base" title="Brooks City-Base">Brooks</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Air_Force_Base" title="Cannon Air Force Base">Cannon</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Base" title="Charleston Air Force Base">Charleston</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis–Monthan (ACC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill</a> (AMFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base" title="Holloman Air Force Base">Holloman</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley Field">Langley</a> (ACC)</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/Luke_Air_Force_Base" title="Luke Air Force Base">Luke</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Air_Force_Base" title="Moody Air Force Base">Moody</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Field" title="Pope Field">Pope</a> (AMC) <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonopah_Test_Range_Airport" title="Tonopah Test Range Airport">Tonopah</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyndall_Air_Force_Base" title="Tyndall Air Force Base">Tyndall</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> (ACC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Blythville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donaldson_Air_Force_Base" title="Donaldson Air Force Base">Donaldson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_Air_Force_Base" title="England Air Force Base">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base" title="George Air Force Base">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Air_Force_Base" title="Howard Air Force Base">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenier_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenier Air Force Base">Grenier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base" title="Myrtle Beach Air Force Base">Myrtle Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Air Force Base">Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewart_Air_Force_Base" title="Sewart Air Force Base">Sewart</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/Williams_Air_Force_Base" title="Williams Air Force Base">Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Inactive,<br />but with a military presence</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/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Bunker Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godman_Army_Airfield" title="Godman Army Airfield">Godman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Lockbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Otis Air National Guard Base">Otis</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;">Aircraft</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/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_T-37_Tweet" title="Cessna T-37 Tweet">A-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky" title="Douglas AC-47 Spooky">AC-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119" title="Fairchild AC-119">AC-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-26_Invader" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas B-26 Invader">B-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">B-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-66_Destroyer" title="Douglas B-66 Destroyer">B-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-7_Caribou" class="mw-redirect" title="C-7 Caribou">C-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">C-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">C-119</a></li> 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