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Refueling Squadron: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 1 July 1962 (detached 8 November – 22 December 1954, 5 January – 21 February 1955, 20 December 1956 – 9 January 1957, c. 9–15 October 1957, 1 July – 5 October 1958, 5 April – 12 July 1961; not operational,
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railway repair shops east of Hanoi. Despite heavy damage, Straw 2 attempted to divert to
Thailand. The aircraft crossed into Laos, became uncontrollable, and all crewmembers except the radar navigator were rescued. This loss came on top of a stateside loss earlier in the year on 31 March 1972, when
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airborne alert program. Under this program, each SAC bomb wing was periodically tasked, for a specified period of time, to maintain a portion of its bombers airborne and ready to strike. On 16 November 1963, two of eight ground alert lines maintained by the wing's 367th BS were converted to airborne
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However, SAC Strategic Wings could not carry a permanent history or lineage and SAC looked for a way to make its
Strategic Wings permanent. In 1962, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its Major Command controlled (MAJCON) strategic wings that were equipped with
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every day until 31 December 1963. Each B-52D required two air refuelings inbound to Spain and two more outbound over the
Mediterranean, with mission duration averaging 25 to 27 hours in length. The 306th Air Refueling Squadron ground alert was also degraded to support Chrome Dome refueling along the
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as SAC's B-47 force reached its peak of twenty-seven wings. However, the B-47 soon began to be phased out of SAC's strategic arsenal. The wing began phasing down, with the 423d becoming non-operational in 1961 and the 369th in early 1963. The wing began sending aircraft to Davis–Monthan inventory
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aircraft assigned to
Strategic Air Command was delivered to the wing's 306th Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill AFB on 14 July 1951 and inflight refueling operations started in May 1952, with KC-97s refueling B-47s on operational training missions leading toward combat ready status. B-47Bs from the
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conventional anti-aircraft missile launch sites were located. The burning and exploding 30,000 pounds of 24, 500 lb bombs, (12 under each wing) and 24, 750 lb bombs in the belly bomb bays created a blast was so powerful that it blew a crater under the aircraft some thirty feet deep and
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in 1966. Ground alert was reinstated at the SAC directed 50 percent of aircraft assigned rate after each "Chrome Dome" period. In
January 1964, KC-135 tanker crews changed to seven-day alert tours while B-52 bomber crews maintained a three-four-day cycle. One additional tanker alert line was added
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and were intended to act as training aircraft to prepare future B-47B crews. The B-47As were not considered combat ready, since most of them were unarmed and were initially without almost any of their vital electronic components. Deliveries of the B-47A to the USAF began in
December 1950, and the
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were reassigned to the 306th. Component support units were replaced by units with numerical designation of the 306th. Under the Dual
Deputate organization, all flying and maintenance squadrons were directly assigned to the wing, so no operational group was activated, although the
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B-52D s/n 56-625 sustained multiple engine failures and an engine pod fire shortly after takeoff from McCoy AFB on a routine training mission. The aircraft immediately attempted to return to the base, but crashed just short of Runway 18R in a civilian residential area of
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The 919th Air
Refueling Squadron (919 ARS) was assigned to McCoy in March 1967. When not forward deployed for operations over Vietnam, the 306th continued to operate out of McCoy AFB for both training and nuclear alert role. In January 1968, the 306 BW received another
573:, fully fueled, armed and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. This was increased to half the wing's aircraft in 1962. The 4047th (and later the 306th) continued to maintain an alert commitment until the 306th was inactivated.
964:, and RAF Lightning F6 aircraft. The 306 SW operated at Mildenhall until 31 March 1992 when it was inactivated in anticipation of SAC's disestablishment and the transfer of SAC's European assets. The wing's tanker mission transferred to USAFE's
393:, already stationed at MacDill, was assigned as its operational component, but four months later the group's flying squadrons were attached directly to the wing after and it became a paper organization. The wing was initially equipped with
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The 306th Wing continued, through temporary bestowal, the history and honors of the World War II 306th
Bombardment Group. It was also entitled to retain the honors (but not the history or lineage) of the
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Immediately after the move to McCoy, the 306th began transitioning to the B-52D version of the Stratofortress during the spring and summer of 1963 and assumed strategic nuclear alert duties under SAC's
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481:. The film was made with the full cooperation of the Air Force, with significant filming occurring at MacDill utilizing B-47 aircraft of both the 306th Bombardment Wing and the collocated
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included KC-135Q instruction by the 306th Air Refueling Squadron (306 ARS) and KC-135A instruction by the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron (32 ARS). Whereas KC-135A aircraft typically carried
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243:, UK, from 6 September 1942 until 25 December 1945, the longest tenure at one station for any one Eighth Air Force group. That unit's lineage and history is held by the present-day
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reconnaissance aircraft. By the fall of 1973 all wing tactical squadrons were reassigned or became non-operational in preparation for the shutdown of Air Force activity at McCoy.
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While deployed to Andersen AFB during Linebacker II operations on 21–22 December 1972, the 306 BW sustained a combat loss when B-52D, s/n 56-669, callsign "Straw 2", was hit by a
452:, in June 1953, marking the first overseas deployment of the B-47. Further overseas deployments by the entire wing followed in January 1955, October 1956, and October 1957 to
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for a total of nine. During the 1960s and 1970s, the 306th served as the host wing for numerous iterations of the annual SAC Bombing and Navigation Competition held at
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Under this plan flying squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations and maintenance squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Maintenance
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and was inactivated on 1 February 1992. The wing's mission was to coordinate all SAC air refueling and reconnaissance resources in the European Theater with the
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1141:: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 1 July 1974 (not operational, 3 January – 1 April 1963 and c. 1 November 1973 – 1 July 1974)
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in the 1960s and 1970s. As a result of post-Vietnam reductions in force, the wing was inactivated in late 1974 with the concurrent closure of McCoy AFB.
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beginning in late 1962 in anticipation of the wing's planned inactivation. However, inactivation plans were cancelled and the wing moved to replace the
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326:, West Germany, assuming operational control for SAC air refueling and reconnaissance resources in the European Theater. In 1978, the 306th moved to
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The 306th was inactivated in July 1974 as part of a post-Vietnam reduction in force and the related base closure process for McCoy AFB. Its
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The 306 BW was tasked to maintain airborne alert several more times until the wing deployed to support conventional bombing operations in
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at MacDill. On 19 November 1951, the 306 BMW received its first operational Boeing B-47B and christened it "The Real McCoy" in honor of
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The 306th supported air refueling requirements for a variety of aircraft in or transiting the European Theater including USAF EC-135s,
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became the wing's administrative support unit. Each of the new units assumed the personnel, equipment, and mission of its predecessor.
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immediately north of the airfield, destroying or damaging eight homes. The crew of 7 airmen and 1 civilian on the ground were killed.
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Later that same month, the 4047th became the host for McCoy AFB when the 321st Bombardment Wing inactivated and transferred the
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1131:: attached 5 January 1954 – 21 February 1955 and c. 20 December 1956 – c. 9 January 1957; assigned 1 May 1959 – 15 January 1960
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aircraft deployed from the United States to the United Kingdom. In 1992 it was inactivated and its mission transferred to the
257:. From 1954 until the wing was inactivated, it was temporarily bestowed with the honors and heritage of the 306th Bomb Group.
17:
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1153:: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 1 April 1963 (not operational, 3 January – 1 April 1963)
2136:
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917:, Spain. For most of this period the wing operated KC-135s and RC-135s from Mildenhall, Zaragoza, and Hellenikon. In 1985,
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combat aircraft and to replace them with Air Force controlled (AFCON) units, which could carry a lineage and history.
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and acted as SAC's B-29 crew training organization. In 1951, the 306th received some B-50A Superfortresses from the
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Beginning in September 1966, the 306 BW also began routinely deploying bombers to Southeast Asia as part of
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swept-wing medium bomber. The B-47As, however, were essentially identical to the XB-47 prototype tested by
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for this "double-duty" for combat operations in Southeast Asia while maintaining an alert status for SAC.
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1580:"Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)"
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13 June – 1 July 1962); assigned 1 April 1963 – 30 September 1973 (not operational, 1–30 September 1973)
608:, The 4042d Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron was activated in November to maintain these missiles.
485:. In the film's plot Stewart's character is assigned to fly B-47s as a vice wing commander at MacDill.
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alert lines. Two B-52Ds were flown in cell along the southern Chrome Dome route across Spain to the
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1632:"Thunder in the Night" Story of John Logan, 824th USA Dispensary at Kadena, AFB retrieved 8-11-12:
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to oversee the wing's special weapons. The 4047th became fully organized on 1 July 1962 when the
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ended American involvement in the conflict. From 1971 through 1973, other training activities at
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1998:
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456:, Morocco. For its role in advancing jet bombardment tactics, the wing was awarded its first
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624:, which assumed its mission, personnel, and equipment on 1 April 1963. In the same way the
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1545:"Abstract (Unclassified), Vol 1, History of Strategic Air Command, Jan–Jun 1957 (Secret)"
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27:"306th Bombardment Wing" redirects here. For 306th Bombardment Wing of World War II, see
710:, Thailand. At times these deployments depleted all wing resources remaining at McCoy.
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425:, the 306th's wing commander, who flew it from the Boeing Wichita plant to MacDill AFB.
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628:, one of the unit's World War II historical bomb squadrons, replaced the 347th BS. The
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34th Strategic Squadron: 1 August 1978 – 1 October 1986; 1 August 1990 – 31 March 1992
405:, Arizona to supplement the B-29s but used them for non-operational training flights.
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heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the
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to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike. In September 1961 the
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During this period, the 306th also figured prominently in the filming of the 1955
303:, Florida in 1963, where it was a redesignated as a heavy bombardment wing flying
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1147:: attached 10 February 1951 – 15 June 1952, assigned 16 June 1952 – 1 April 1963
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jet fuel, KC-135Q aircraft were specifically modified and equipped to offload
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Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II
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A aircraft assets were redistributed to other SAC wings. In 1984, a former
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MAJCON units could not carry a permanent history or lineage. Ravenstein.
1104:: 1 September 1950 – 16 June 1952 (not operational after 11 February 1951)
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1843:. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd.
1803:(2d, Revised ed.). Maxwell AFB, AL: USAF Historical Research Center.
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1521:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 11 October 2007. Archived from
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fuel and supported worldwide in-flight refueling requirements for USAF
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1817:. Trondheim, Norway: Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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569:. One third of the wing's aircraft were maintained on fifteen-minute
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565:, Massachusetts where it had been one of the three squadrons of the
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The wing began upgrading to the jet age with the arrival of the new
1060:, 5 January – 21 February 1955 and 23 October 1956 – 9 January 1957
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aircraft. The 306th forward deployed to Southeast Asia during the
261:
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1753:(reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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1165:: 25 March 1967 – 30 June 1971 (not operational, 15–30 June 1971)
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from its final Southeast Asia deployment in early 1973 after the
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replaced the B-47, the 306th Bombardment was redesignated as the
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1780:
Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977
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sixty feet across and blew out the windows in the dispensary at
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306th Bomb Wing began a 90-day rotational training mission to
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Strategic Frontier: American Bomber Bases Overseas, 1950–1960
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On 15 August 1976, the 306th was activated once again as the
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and flown by a 306th Wing crew burned and exploded after its
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operations in Southeast Asia, deploying at various times to
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The 4047th was organized on 1 July 1961 as a tenant of the
737:, Okinawa while preparing to conduct a bombing mission to
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In 1959 the wing added a fourth bombardment squadron, the
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KC-97Es of the 306th Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill AFB
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200:, previously the 306th Bombardment Wing, is an inactive
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Attached to: Sidi Slimane Task Force, 9–15 October 1957
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On 19 November 1968 a B-52, s/n 55-103 attached to the
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Strategic Air Command, 1 February 1992 – 31 March 1992
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1992
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922d Strategic Squadron: 1 July 1978 – 31 March 1992
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moved to McCoy from MacDill and began converting to
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United States military aircraft designation systems
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4349:Military units and formations established in 1948
1316:List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force
1311:List of B-50 units of the United States Air Force
1306:List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force
706:, it also deployed tankers to these bases and to
517:, Florida on 1 April 1963, where it replaced the
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1634:http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html
1615:http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html
1613:story from SP5 Tom Madracki, retrieved 8-11-12:
1784:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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921:A Extender aircraft were assigned to Zaragoza.
859:306th Strategic Wing RC-135 refueling over the
620:As a result, the 4047th SW was replaced by the
545:at McCoy as part of SAC's plan to disperse its
4339:Strategic wings of the United States Air Force
1743:
837:National Museum of the United States Air Force
417:aircraft entered service in May 1951 with the
227:The wing's World War II predecessor unit, the
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2444:Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom
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897:, United Kingdom and became subordinate to
513:, Heavy and moved on paper from MacDill to
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318:the 306th was activated once again as the
972:mission and 922d squadron transferred to
224:when that unit was inactivated in 1976.
177:Patch with 306th Bombardment Wing emblem
3291:544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical
1450:"306th Flying Training Group Open House"
854:
528:
427:
368:For additional history and lineage, see
3132:71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)
1838:
1801:A Guide to Air Force Lineage and Honors
1582:. Air Force History Index. 1 April 1975
1348:A Guide to Air Force Lineage and Honors
850:
309:Boeing KC-135A and KC-135Q Stratotanker
220:(USAFE). It assumed the mission of the
162:Patch with 306th Strategic Wing emblem
14:
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1807:
1747:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
1724:
1662:"McCoy AFB SAC 306 BOMB WINGFIRE DEPT"
1484:"Behind the Legend of Col. Mike McCoy"
1861:
1602:Guide to Air Force Lineage and Honors
1486:. OrlandoSentinel.com. Archived from
1436:"306th Flying Training Group History"
1080:Strategic Air Command, 15 August 1976
843:, Texas to the former McCoy AFB, now
376:
4309:Strategic Air Command Emblem Gallery
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1729:. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing.
1719:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1301:List of B-29 Superfortress operators
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893:On 1 July 1978, the 306th moved to
634:39th Munitions Maintenance Squadron
582:39th Munitions Maintenance Squadron
24:
1696:Vanderbilt Television News Archive
1680:Vanderbilt Television News Archive
352:United States Air Forces in Europe
284:, Florida in 1950. It later flew
251:Air Education and Training Command
218:United States Air Forces in Europe
204:unit. It was last assigned to the
60:on display at B-52 Memorial Park,
40:
25:
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1276:, 1963–1973; 1975–1992 (Attached)
729:experienced a power failure upon
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4123:McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
3951:North American F-82 Twin Mustang
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1888:
1713: This article incorporates
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909:, Greece and a month later, the
716:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
708:U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
458:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
389:, Florida. Upon activation, the
385:, Medium on 1 September 1950 at
268:(SAC) initially established the
183:
168:
151:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
104:
86:
51:
3971:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
3895:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
3259:4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)
1799:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
1776:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
1703:
1682:. 31 March 1972. Archived from
1668:
1654:
1645:
1626:
1607:
1572:
1457:United States Air Force Academy
1363:
1353:
1340:
1224:, 1 July 1978 – 1 February 1992
884:United States Air Forces Europe
255:United States Air Force Academy
1537:
1511:
1502:
1476:
1463:
1442:
1428:
1415:
1029:
928:, USAF & NATO E-3As, USAF
596:began to be equipped with the
13:
1:
4191:Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
3810:91st Strategic Reconnaissance
3286:55th Strategic Reconnaissance
3281:26th Strategic Reconnaissance
1744:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
1328:
1090:
1083:7th Air Division, 1 July 1978
998:Activated on 1 September 1950
845:Orlando International Airport
438:Boeing KC-97E Stratofreighter
62:Orlando International Airport
4196:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
4128:Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter
3956:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
3276:6th Strategic Reconnaissance
1808:Schake, Col Kurt W. (1998).
1519:"Factsheet 823 Air Division"
1204:, 1 April 1963 – 1 July 1974
1163:919th Air Refueling Squadron
1129:305th Air Refueling Squadron
1077:, 30 June 1971 – 1 July 1974
1053:, 11 June – 7 September 1953
1025:Inactivated on 31 March 1992
638:306th Air Refueling Squadron
586:306th Air Refueling Squadron
559:Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses
533:4047th Strategic Wing emblem
231:, was the first operational
7:
4181:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
3870:North American B-45 Tornado
3855:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
1294:
1181:
1022:Activated on 15 August 1976
770:, twenty-three miles away.
590:Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers
423:Colonel Michael N. W. McCoy
395:Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
370:306th Flying Training Group
246:306th Flying Training Group
164:(approved 10 November 1977)
10:
4365:
4143:Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
4113:Boeing KB-29 Superfortress
3966:Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
3946:North American F-2 Mustang
3885:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
1151:369th Bombardment Squadron
1145:368th Bombardment Squadron
1139:367th Bombardment Squadron
1008:Inactivated on 1 July 1974
993:, Medium on 11 August 1948
983:
749:cruise missiles and where
643:306th Combat Support Group
626:367th Bombardment Squadron
555:347th Bombardment Squadron
547:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
381:The wing activated as the
361:
305:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
124:of rotational SAC aircraft
26:
4317:
4296:
4218:
4206:Boeing C-135 Stratolifter
4151:
4103:
4060:
3979:
3961:North American F-86 Sabre
3938:
3903:
3880:Boeing B-50 Superfortress
3860:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
3840:
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2436:
2291:Calumet Air Force Station
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1901:
1547:. Air Force History Index
1157:423d Bombardment Squadron
541:(BW) and assigned to the
490:423d Bombardment Squadron
274:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
179:(approved 2 October 1951)
176:
161:
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146:
138:
128:
117:
99:
81:
73:
50:
38:
4070:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
1839:Watkins, Robert (2008).
1639:13 November 2017 at the
1620:13 November 2017 at the
966:100th Air Refueling Wing
580:to the wing, along with
348:100th Air Refueling Wing
4201:Convair C-131 Samaritan
3865:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
1102:306th Bombardment Group
1005:, Heavy on 1 April 1963
919:McDonnell Douglas KC-10
911:34th Strategic Squadron
903:922d Strategic Squadron
789:The 306 BW returned to
684:Operation Linebacker II
592:. In 1962, the wing's
563:Westover Air Force Base
501:B-52 Stratofortress era
391:306th Bombardment Group
239:. It was stationed at
229:306th Bombardment Group
202:United States Air Force
112:United States Air Force
4171:Douglas C-54 Skymaster
4138:Lockheed Martin KC-130
4085:Martin RB-57D Canberra
1725:Hobson, Chris (2001).
1715:public domain material
1175:Hellenikon AB, Greece.
1003:306th Bombardment Wing
991:306th Bombardment Wing
863:
775:surface-to-air missile
622:306th Bombardment Wing
616:306th Bombardment Wing
539:321st Bombardment Wing
534:
511:306th Bombardment Wing
483:305th Bombardment Wing
433:
410:Boeing B-47A Stratojet
383:306th Bombardment Wing
270:306th Bombardment Wing
64:, Florida, the former
45:
18:306th Bombardment Wing
4176:Fairchild C-82 Packet
4166:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
3875:Boeing B-47 Stratojet
1894:Strategic Air Command
1676:"Orlando Place Crash"
1508:Schake, et al. p. 175
1322:Strategic Air Command
1282:(attached), 1976–1992
1258:KC-97 Stratofreighter
858:
704:Operation Young Tiger
651:Operation Chrome Dome
567:99th Bombardment Wing
532:
525:4047th Strategic Wing
519:4047th Strategic Wing
495:4047th Strategic Wing
470:Strategic Air Command
431:
296:aircraft at MacDill.
294:Boeing B-47 Stratojet
266:Strategic Air Command
206:Strategic Air Command
142:Abundance of Strength
44:
39:306th Strategic Wing
4263:Russell E. Dougherty
3890:Convair B-58 Hustler
1015:306th Strategic Wing
868:306th Strategic Wing
851:306th Strategic Wing
835:D, on loan from the
777:after attacking the
759:MIM-14 Nike-Hercules
723:4252d Strategic Wing
680:Operation Linebacker
561:moved to McCoy from
515:McCoy Air Force Base
414:Air Materiel Command
399:43d Bombardment Wing
320:306th Strategic Wing
198:306th Strategic Wing
77:1950–1974; 1976–1990
66:McCoy Air Force Base
58:B-52D Stratofortress
3850:Rockwell B-1 Lancer
2636:Twentieth Air Force
2631:Sixteenth Air Force
2626:Fifteenth Air Force
2484:RAF Greenham Common
1459:. 1 September 2017.
1274:KC-135 Stratotanker
1268:B-52 Stratofortress
989:Constituted as the
876:98th Strategic Wing
795:Paris Peace Accords
676:Operation Arc Light
578:813th Medical Group
557:, consisting of 15
507:B-52 Stratofortress
276:medium bombardment
237:VIII Bomber Command
222:98th Strategic Wing
122:Command and control
4283:John T. Chain, Jr,
3643:= initial assigned
2469:RAF Bruntingthorpe
1727:Vietnam Air Losses
1686:on 2 December 2011
1525:on 30 October 2012
1246:B-50 Superfortress
1240:B-29 Superfortress
1194:, 1 September 1950
1121:Zaragoza AB, Spain
1044:, 10 February 1951
1038:, 1 September 1950
974:Air Combat Command
970:air reconnaissance
864:
630:813d Medical Group
535:
465:Paramount Pictures
434:
377:B-47 Stratojet era
336:RC-135 Rivet Joint
299:The wing moved to
46:
29:306th Fighter Wing
4326:
4325:
4288:George Lee Butler
4253:Bruce K. Holloway
4248:Joseph J. Nazzaro
4214:
4213:
3823:
3822:
3819:
3818:
3630:
3629:
3626:
3625:
2871:
2870:
2856:Strategic missile
2586:
2585:
2582:
2581:
2549:RAF South Ruislip
2504:RAF Upper Heyford
2253:
2252:
1850:978-0-7643-1987-7
1291:
1290:
1229:Aircraft assigned
1071:, 6 February 1961
1069:823d Air Division
1017:on 14 August 1976
915:Zaragoza Air Base
880:Torrejon Air Base
839:, was flown from
757:were stored, and
755:MGR-1 Honest John
743:B28 nuclear bombs
543:823d Air Division
403:Davis–Monthan AFB
233:bombardment group
191:
190:
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165:
16:(Redirected from
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4268:Richard H. Ellis
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2616:Second Air Force
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2499:RAF High Wycombe
2464:RAF Brize Norton
2449:RAF Bassingbourn
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2191:Wright-Patterson
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1075:42d Air Division
1058:5th Air Division
1051:7th Air Division
1042:6th Air Division
1036:Second Air Force
899:7th Air Division
888:European Command
784:Orlando, Florida
747:AGM-28 Hound Dog
659:southern route.
598:GAM-77 Hound Dog
253:, active at the
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133:7th Air Division
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4273:Bennie L. Davis
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4161:Beechcraft C-45
4147:
4133:Lockheed HC-130
4099:
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3915:Lockheed DC-130
3906:
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3815:
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3775:
3770:509th Composite
3646:
3645:unit upon SAC's
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2311:Clinton-Sherman
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2149:Seymour Johnson
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753:nuclear tipped
735:Kadena Air Base
606:cruise missiles
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450:Gloucestershire
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4278:Larry D. Welch
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4062:Reconnaissance
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3268:Reconnaissance
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2564:RAF Woodbridge
2561:
2559:RAF Waddington
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2539:RAF Sculthorpe
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4118:Boeing KB-50
4095:Boeing RB-29
4090:Boeing RB-17
4080:Lockheed U-2
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2544:Sidi Slimane
2534:RAF Scampton
2392:Presque Isle
2347:K. I. Sawyer
2331:Grand Island
2226:RAF Fairford
2214:Diego Garcia
2137:Rickenbacker
2017:F. E. Warren
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1488:the original
1478:
1473:, Appendix V
1471:Combat Wings
1470:
1469:Ravenstein,
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1423:Combat Units
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1410:Combat Wings
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3655:Bombardment
2886:Bombardment
2514:RAF Manston
2387:Plattsburgh
2059:Little Rock
2035:Grand Forks
1690:21 November
1270:, 1963–1973
1260:, 1951–1962
1254:, 1951–1963
1242:, 1950–1951
1208:Ramstein AB
1188:MacDill AFB
1030:Assignments
872:Ramstein AB
763:MIM-23 Hawk
727:jet engines
387:MacDill AFB
324:Ramstein AB
313:Vietnam War
286:Boeing B-50
282:MacDill AFB
260:During the
147:Decorations
4333:Categories
4220:Commanders
3920:Boeing E-4
3647:activation
2608:Air Forces
2529:Rabat-Salé
2454:Ben Guerir
2173:Vandenberg
1329:References
1091:Components
436:The first
4153:Transport
4022:LGM-30A/B
3367:Aerospace
3359:Strategic
3301:Refueling
2790:aerospace
2788:Strategic
2645:Divisions
2569:RAF Wyton
2524:Nouasseur
2428:Wurtsmith
2408:Schilling
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1377:Citations
1198:McCoy AFB
1109:Squadrons
978:55th Wing
861:North Sea
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791:McCoy AFB
696:Kadena AB
669:McCoy AFB
497:instead.
473:starring
301:McCoy AFB
4037:LGM-118A
3980:Missiles
3939:Fighters
2574:Zaragoza
2509:TorrejĂłn
2459:Boulhaut
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2296:Carswell
2276:Amarillo
2260:inactive
2258:former /
2201:overseas
2185:Whiteman
2179:Westover
2155:Sheppard
1981:Columbus
1975:Cape Cod
1939:Andersen
1769:61060979
1637:Archived
1618:Archived
1565:Maurer,
1529:25 March
1421:Maurer,
1295:See also
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157:Insignia
139:Motto(s)
4297:Emblems
4105:Tankers
4052:PGM-19A
4047:PGM-17A
4032:LGM-30G
4027:LGM-30F
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3905:Command
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3780:Fighter
3772:(3/46*)
3766:(3/46*)
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2073:(AFGSC)
2065:MacDill
2053:Lincoln
2041:Grissom
2019:(AFGSC)
2001:(PACAF)
1999:Eielson
1971:(AFSOC)
1963:Bolling
1945:Andrews
1941:(PACAF)
1830:27 July
1604:, p. 12
1586:4 March
1551:4 March
1360:4047th.
1222:Suffolk
1202:Florida
1192:Florida
984:Lineage
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768:Naha AB
739:Vietnam
731:takeoff
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594:bombers
505:As the
467:movie,
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2367:Loring
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2246:(USSF)
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2193:(AFMC)
2181:(AFRC)
2175:(USSF)
2167:Travis
2157:(AETC)
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2113:Nellis
2079:(AFRC)
2061:(AETC)
2049:(AFRC)
2043:(AFRC)
2029:Forbes
2013:(AFMC)
1983:(AETC)
1977:(USSF)
1969:Cannon
1965:(AFDW)
1935:(AETC)
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930:F-111s
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2091:(AMC)
2085:(AMC)
2077:March
2067:(AMC)
2055:(ANG)
2037:(AMC)
2031:(ANG)
2025:(AMC)
2011:Eglin
2007:(ACC)
1995:(ACC)
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1957:Beale
1953:(ACC)
1947:(AMC)
1933:Altus
1925:CONUS
1903:Bases
1896:(SAC)
1815:(PDF)
1751:(PDF)
1453:(PDF)
1334:Notes
1096:Group
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815:SR-71
571:alert
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340:SR-71
272:as a
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