307th

The 92nd and 98th BGs and the 31st SRG operated from bases in Japan, whereas the 19th, 22nd, and 307th BGs were based in Okinawa.

* 307th Bombardment: 1944.

Company D, 307th Medical Battalion, at Colegio Maria Auxiliadora, 4.

Gavin was the commander of the combat team, consisting of the 505th, the 3rd Battalion of the 504th, the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, B Company of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, a signal platoon, and some attached units ( for example, naval gunfire observation teams ).

:- Final loss B-52D 55-0056 ( 307th Bomb Wing Provisional ) to SAM 4 January 1973, crew rescued from Gulf of Tonkin

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.

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.

From Kadena, the 307th staged attacks against the rapidly advancing communist forces in South Korea.

While in Okinawa, the 307th was awarded the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for its air strikes against enemy forces in Korea.

The 307th BG returned from deployment on 10 February 1951, however elements of the group remained deployed in Okinawa on a permanent basis.

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.

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 Airdrome Gp, 15 August 1947

* 307th Air Base Gp, 12 July 1948

* 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.

It consisted of four Infantry Regiments – the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th and three Artillery Regiments – the 307th, 308th and 309th.

** 307th Field Artillery Battalion