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During World War II, Altman flew more than 50 bombing missions as a crewman on a B-24 Liberator with the 307th Bomb Group in Borneo and the Dutch East Indies.
Bossier City is the location of Barksdale Air Force Base, home of the 2nd Bomb Wing, 8th Air Force, and 307th Bomb Wing.
:- Final loss B-52D 55-0056 ( 307th Bomb Wing Provisional ) to SAM 4 January 1973, crew rescued from Gulf of Tonkin
On 1 September 1950, the 307th Bomb Group with its three squadrons of B-29s was deployed to Far East Air Force ( FEAF ) Bomber Command, Provisional at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, engaging in combat operations during the Korean War.
The 307th Bomb Wing was inactivated at MacDill on 16 June 1952.
The 307th Bomb Group was permanently reassigned to Kadena Air Base upon the inactivation of the wing at MacDill.
* 307th Bomb Wing ( Air Force Reserve Command ) ( Tail Code: " BD ")
On January 1, 2011, Air Force Reserve Command inactivated the 917th Wing, while at the same time activating the 307th Bomb Wing, which subsumed the B-52 units of the 917th Wing.
* 307th Bomb Wing, January 8, 2011 – present
A B-52 Stratofortress | B-52H Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing deploying its drag chute for landing
* 307th Bomb Wing, ( B-52H ) Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
He flew several dozen missions with the 370th Bomb Squadron of the 307th Bomb Group in the Pacific, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor and bravery.
307th and Wing
Image: 307bw. jpg | 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium
: 307th Bombardment Wing ( MacDill ) ( B-29 )
: Established as 307th Bombardment Wing ( Very Heavy ), 28 July 1947 *
The unit was redesignated as the 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 12 July 1948.
In 1952, the 307th Bombardment Wing was bestowed the lineage, honors and history of the USAAF World War II 307th Bombardment Group.
* 307th Bombardment Wing, 15 August 1947 – 16 May 1951 ( B-29, B-50 )
* 307th Bombardment Wing ( 11 July 1956-5 October 1956 ) ( B-47, KC-97 )( TDY From Lincoln AFB, Nebraska )
The B-47 involved in the accident, which killed four crewmen, was part of the 307th Bombardment Wing.
McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom Serial 66-0768 of the 307th TFS / 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
* 307th Bombardment Wing July 22, 1952 – November 13, 1954
: 307th Strategic Wing, U Tapao RTAFB, Thailand ( B-52 )
The operational flying unit of the 414 FG is the 307th Fighter Squadron ( 307 FS ), which flies Active Component F-15E aircraft assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing.
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* 307th Air Division, 12 January – 27 June 1949
It consisted of four Infantry Regiments – the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th and three Artillery Regiments – the 307th, 308th and 309th.
* 307th Bombardment Group ( Medium ) ( September 1950 – February 1951 ) ( B-29 ) Deployed from MacDill AFB Florida to engage in combat operations during the Korean War.
307th and AFB
As a result of the August 1992 destruction of Homestead AFB, Florida by Hurricane Andrew, the 31st Fighter Wing's 307th and 308th Fighter Squadrons were initially evacuated to Moody AFB prior to the hurricane making landfall.
The 307th Bombardment Group left MacDill AFB, Florida for RAF Marham and RAF Waddington in the UK.
Bomb and Wing
The first assigned U. S. Army Air Corps units were the 1st Bomb Wing, 41st Bomb Group, and 31st Air Base Group, activating on 30 April 1941.
The 22nd Bomb Wing became operational on 1 May 1949 and the 1st Fighter Wing was attached to it with both wings sharing the same commanding officer.
In 1966, the wing absorbed the B-52Ds and added the 486th Bombardment Squadron from the 340 Bomb Wing at Bergstrom AFB, Texas when Bergstrom converted to a TAC Reconnaissance base.
In 1996, the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Fighter Wing at Dobbins AFB relinquished their F-15 aircraft and moved to Robins, transitioning to B-1 Lancer bombers and being redesignated as the 116th Bomb Wing.
That same year, the former 93rd Bomb Wing at Robins was reactivated as the 93rd Air Control Wing with the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft.
A Boeing B-52H ( SN 60-0017 ), the type assigned to the 410th Bomb Wing at K. I. Sawyer AFB
On 1 January 1964 Strategic Air Command assumed jurisdiction of K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, the 410th Bomb Wing becoming the host unit under the SAC 4th Strategic Aerospace Division.
: Re-designated: 410th Bomb Wing, 1 June 1992-30 September 1995
To manage these units, on July 1, 1958, Strategic Air Command activated the 4228th Strategic Wing at Columbus, composed of the 492d Bomb Squadron ( 15 B-52Fs ) and 901st Air Refueling Squadron ( KC-135A tankers ), being reassigned from the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell AFB, Texas.
T-38C of the 509th Bomb Wing
The host unit at Whiteman AFB is the 509th Bomb Wing ( 509 BW ), assigned to the Eighth Air Force of the Air Force Global Strike Command.
The commander of the 509th Bomb Wing is Brigadier General Thomas A. Bussiere.
Its host unit is the U. S. Air Force's 509th Bomb Wing ( 509 BW ).
Tenant units include the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing ( 131 BW ), the Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing ( 442 FW ), the Missouri Army National Guard's 1 / 135th Aviation Battalion and the U. S. Navy Reserve's Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 114.
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