320th Air Expeditionary Wing

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320th Air Expeditionary Wing
Image:320th Air Expeditionary Wing.png
320th Air Expeditionary Wing emblem
Active 19xx-Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia
Motto Strength through Awareness

The United States Air Force's 320th Air Expeditionary Wing is a unit located at Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia.

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[edit] History

Replaced the 106th Bombardment Wing, (Medium) (ANG) in Dec 1952. Conducted global bombardment training and air refueling operations to meet SAC commitments, 1952-1960.This wing was employed for training reservist to backfill rotating B-29 combat crews serving in Korea. While the reservists were undergoing training they were paid on the lesser reserve pay scale. Trained B-47 cadre for 96th Bombardment Wing, Medium, Dec 1953-Jan 1955. Deployed as a wing to Brize Norton RAF Station, England, 5 June-4 September 1954, and Andersen AFB, Guam, 5 October 1956-11 January 1957. Replaced 4134th Strategic Wing in Feb 1963. Performed global bombardment training and air refueling operations to meet SAC commitments, Feb 1963-1965 and later. Entire wing drastically reduced Feb-Jul 1965, Dec 1965-Mar 1966, and Jun 1972-Oct 1973, when all aircraft, crews, and most support personnel loaned to other SAC units for operations in Southeast Asia. During the latter period, trained T-29 pilots for Fifteenth Air Force.

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[edit] Numbered Air Force

  • Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 12th Air Division. (Attached to the 7th Air Division from 3 Ju8n to 4 September 1954). (Attached to the 3rd Air Division from 5 October 1956 to 11 January 1957).
   * Equipment: 
   * Changed equipment in: 1953 to B-47s, YRB-47s, KC-97s.
   * Changed equipment in: 1954 to B-47s, KC-97s.
   * Reassigned to: Department of the Air Force on 16 September 1960.
   * Reassigned to: Strategic Air Command on 15 November 1962
   * Moved to: Mather AFB, CA, on 1 February 1963.
   * Changed equipment in: 1963 to B-52s, KC-135s
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 February 1963.
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1965.
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 47th Air Division on 2 July 1966.
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division on 31 March 1970.
   * Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 47th Air Division on 30 June 1971.
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Air Division on 1 October 1972.
   * Changed equipment in: 1972 to B-52s, KC-135s, T-29s.
   * Reassigned to: 47th Air Division on 1 October 1982
   * Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force 15 July 1998
   * Inactivated on: 30 September 1989

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[edit] Previous designations

  • 320th Air Expeditionary Wing ()
  • 320th Bombardment Wing, Heavy (???-???)
  • 320th Bombardment Wing, Medium (???-???)

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[edit] Aircraft flown[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rarenstein, C. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. ISBN 0-912799-12-9

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