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During World
War II, the bomb group was the basic operational unit. It was assigned to
a wing and it often failed to provide needed support. This was changed by
the 1946 Hobson Plan in which the Wing was elevated to the status of primary
operational unit. It was given the same numeric designation as the combat group.
With a few exceptions, one wing was assigned to a base. The wing was assigned
four groups: combat, maintenance and supply, facilities (base maintenance) and
medical. The combat group carried out day-to-day flight operations.
On January 4, 1952, the SAC emblem was approved.
On June 16, 1952, all of the bomb groups were inactivated. With the
interim unit gone, the wing commander became the direct combat commander.
These factors triggered the abandonment of old WWII group patches to newly
designed wing patches. |
All temporary images are shown
with a color background.
Otherwise, they are final scans for poster |
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2nd Bombardment Wing
Hunter AFB, GA
1949-1953
2nd BG 1948 - June 16, 1952
20, 49, 98 BSs 2 ARS |
5th Reconnaissance
Wing???
Travis AFB, CA
1949-1951
5th SRG 1949 - June 16, 1952
23, 31, 72 SRSs |
6th Bombardment Wing
Walker AFB, NM
1951-1952
6th BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
24, 39, 40 BSs 307 ARS |
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DELETE
Trained in B-29s for
six months in 1946, but
never assigned any aircraft
Never an operational unit |
7th Bombardment Wing
Carswell AFB, TX
1946 - June 16, 1952
7th BG 1947-1952
Training. No assigned squadrons |
9th Bombardment Wing
Travis AFB, NM / Mt. Home AFB, ID
1949-1954
9th BG 1949 - June 16, 1952
1, 5, 99 BSs 9 ARS |
11th Bombardment Wing
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19th Bombardment Wing
Andersen AFB, Guam
1948 / 1954
Not SAC. 20th AF, FEAT |
22nd Bombardment Wing
March AFB, CA
1949-1953
22nd BG 1948 - June 16, 1952
2, 19, 33 BSs, 22 ARS |
28th Bombardment Wing
Ellsworth AFB, SD
1946-1950
28th BG 1947 - June 16, 1952
77, 717, 718 BSs |
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40th Bombardment Wing
Schilling AFB, KS
1953-1954
Group - None
25, 44, 45 BS |
43rd Bombardment Wing
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
1946-1954
Group 1947- June 16, (sic) 1951
63, 64, 65 BSs 43 ARS |
44th Bombardment Wing
Chennault AFB, LA
1951-1953
44 BG 1951- June 16, 1952
66, 67, 68 BSs |
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55th Strategic Recon Wing
Ramey AFB, PR
1948-1954
55th SRG 1949 - June 16, 1952
38, 323, 338th SRS |
68th Bombardment Wing
Chennault AFB, LA
1951-1953
68 BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
24, 51, 52 BSs |
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90th Bombardment Wing
Forbes AFB, KS
1951-1954
Group 1951 - June 16, 1952
319, 320, 321 BSs |
91st Strategic
Recon Wing
Lockbourne AFB, OH
1948-1953
91st SRG 1948- May 28, 1952.
323, 324, 338 SRS, 91 ARS |
92nd Bombardment Wing
Fairchild AFB, WA
1946-1952
92nd BG 1947- June 16, 1952
325, 326, 327 BSs |
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93rd Bombardment Wing
Castle AFB, CA
1946-1954
93rd BG 1947-June 16, 1952
328, 329, 330 BSs, 93 ARS |
97th Bombardment Wing
Biggs AFB, TX
1946-1956
97th BG 1947 - June 16, 1952.
340, 341, 342, BSs 97 ARS |
98th Bomb Wing
Spokane AFB, WA
1950-1954
98th BG 1947- June 16, 1952
343, 344, 345 BSs |
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301st Bombardment Wing
Barksdale AFB, LA
1946-1953
301st BG 1947- June 16, 1952
32, 301, 352, 353 BSs |
303rd Bombardment Wing
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
1951-1953
303 BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
358, 359 360 BSs, 303 ARS |
305th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1951-1953
305th BG 1951- June 16, 1952
305, 364, 365, 366 BSs |
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306th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1950-1951
306th BG 1950 - June 16, 1952
367, 368, 369 BSs |
307th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1946-1954
307th BG 1947- June 16, 1952
370, 371, 372 BSs |
308th Bombardment Wing
Forbes AFB, KS /
Hunter AFB, GA
1951-1953
308th BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
373, 374, 375 BSs |
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310th Bombardment Wing
Schilling AFB, KS
1952-1954
No Group
379, 380, 381 BSs |
320th Bombardment Wing
March AFB, CA
1952-1953
No Group
441, 442, 443 BSS |
376th Bombardment Wing
Barksdale AFB, LA
1951-1954
376th BG 1951 -
June 16, 1952
512, 513, 514 BSs |
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509th Bombardment Wing
1946-1954
509th Group Nov. 17 1947- June 16, 1952
393, 661, 830 BSs, 509 ARS
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