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: 307th Bombardment Group ( B-29 ), ( August 1950-November 1954 )
Image: 307bw. jpg | 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium
* 307th Bombardment Group
: Established as 307th Bombardment Wing ( Very Heavy ), 28 July 1947 *
The 307th and 28th Bombardment Groups were placed on alert and ordered to be ready to deploy within three and twelve hours respectively.
The 307th Bombardment Group left MacDill AFB, Florida for RAF Marham and RAF Waddington in the UK.
Later in July, the Fifteenth Air Force 98th and 307th Bombardment Groups were sent to Japan to join the FEAF.
* 307th Bombardment: 1944.
On 4 August 1946, SAC activated the 307th Bombardment Group ( Very Heavy ) as the host unit at MacDill, being initially equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortresses.
The unit was redesignated as the 307th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 12 July 1948.
Under the wing designation, the 306th Bombardment Group ( eff: 12 August 1948 ) and 307th Bombardment Group ( eff: 12 July 1948 ) were attached to the wing.
In 1952, the 307th Bombardment Wing was bestowed the lineage, honors and history of the USAAF World War II 307th Bombardment Group.
Upon activation, operational units of the wing were the 367th, 368th and 369th Bombardment Squadrons under the 306th Bombardment Group which was transferred from the 307th BMW.
* 307th Bombardment Wing, 15 August 1947 – 16 May 1951 ( B-29, B-50 )
307th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29A-75-BN Superfortress 44-62328 SAC 8th Air Force, at RAF Lakenheath, England during the Berlin Airlift, 1948
* 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.
The 28th and 307th Bombardment Groups were deployed to the newly activated Third Air Force station at RAF Marham.
* 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 Wing
Bossier City is the location of Barksdale Air Force Base, home of the 2nd Bomb Wing, 8th Air Force, and 307th Bomb Wing.
: 307th Bomb Wing – Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
:- Final loss B-52D 55-0056 ( 307th Bomb Wing Provisional ) to SAM 4 January 1973, crew rescued from Gulf of Tonkin
The 307th Bomb Wing was inactivated at MacDill on 16 June 1952.
* 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
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 Bomb Wing, ( B-52H ) Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
: 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.
307th and MacDill
The 307th Bomb Group was permanently reassigned to Kadena Air Base upon the inactivation of the wing at MacDill.
Bombardment and Wing
Note the SAC 7th Bombardment Wing marking on the B-29.
There was also the 58th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, which supervised the Silverplate atomic-capable 509th Composite Group.
Also active was the 73rd Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, transferred from Third Air Force.
The insignia of SAC was designed in 1951 by Staff Sergeant R. T. Barnes, then assigned to the 92nd Bombardment Wing.
* The Black Knights ( 38th Tactical Bombardment Wing, USAFE, 1950s )
Although his superiors were unsupportive of this naval objective, LeMay gave it a high priority by assigning the entire 313th Bombardment Wing ( four groups, about 160 airplanes ) to the task.
Wurtsmith was the site of the Strategic Air Command's 379th Bombardment Wing consisting of one nuclear-armed B-52 bomber squadron and one air refueling squadron equipped with KC-135s.
Allen also attended the Air Tactical Course at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and next he returned to Carswell Air Force Base as a flight instructor and as an assistant Special Weapons Officer for the 7th Bombardment Wing.
On 2 March 1949, the Lucky Lady II, a B-50A of the 43d Bombardment Wing, completed the first nonstop round-the-world flight, having covered in 94 hours and 1 minute ( 249. 45 mph ).
The 303d Bombardment Wing, Medium, was initially established on 27 August 1951, and activated at Davis-Monthan AFB on 4 September 1951.
On 15 June 1964, Davis-Monthan's 303d Bombardment Wing was inactivated as part of the retirement of the B-47 Stratojet from active service.
* 1st Bombardment Wing, 28 May 1941 – 16 July 1942
* 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, 1 June – 12 October 1943
* 43d Bombardment Wing, 17 November 1947 – 15 March 1960
* 2nd Bombardment Wing, 31 December 1948 – 1 January 1949
* 303d Bombardment Wing, 4 September 1951 – 8 June 1964
* 390th Bombardment ( later Strategic Missile ) Wing, 1 January 1962 – 1984
** Col Moll was assigned to the 444th Bombardment Group and 43d Bombardment Group / Wing at D-M.
* 17th Bombardment Wing, 1 April 1955-25 June 1958
* 39th Bombardment Wing, 1 February 1963-25 February 1965
The activation of the 17th Pursuit Group and several subordinate units along with the arrival of the 1st Bombardment Wing initiated a period where March Field became associated with the Air Corps ' heaviest aircraft as well as an assortment of fighters.
On 10 May, the 22d Bombardment Wing was reassigned to March from Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas.
On 2 January 1951, the 44th Bombardment Wing was activated and assigned to Fifteenth Air Force.
The group was redesignated as the 320th Bombardment Wing replacing the 106th in December 1952.
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