Redesignated the 307th Strategic Wing was reactivated
at U-Tapao Air Base, Thailand on January 21, 1970, replacing the
4258th
Strategic Wing. The 307th was the only regular Air Force SAC Wing
stationed in Southeast Asia. Using aircraft and crews loaned from other
SAC wings, the 307th conducted conventional bombardment operations and provided
KC-135 aerial refueling of U.S. aircraft in Southeast Asia as directed through
the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. It ended all combat
operations on August 14, 1973. The final B-52 left the wing in June
1975, but the wing continued some KC-135 and refueling and RC-135 reconnaissance
operations until inactivated. |