Strategic Air Command Bases

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[edit] United States

  • Present Name (Future Name and date of name change), Location. (T) = Tenant, (H)=Host.
  • (Previous Name) Present name and date of name change. Location. (T) =Tenant, (H)=Host.

[edit] Abilene AFB, TX (Dyess AFB, Dec 15, 1956) (H)

  • 341st Bomb Wing 1955 - 1956

[edit] Altus AFB, Altus, OK (H)

    • 816th Air Division 1958 - 1962.
    • 816th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1965.
      • 11th Air Refueling Wing 1968 - 1969.
      • 11th Bomb Wing 1957 – 1962.
      • 11th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 - 1968.
      • 96th Bomb Wing 1953 - 1957.
      • 340th Air Refueling Wing 1984-1992.

[edit] Amarillo AFB, Amarillo, TX (H)

    • 4128th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963.

[edit] Andrews AFB, Camp Spring, MD (T)

  • Namesake: Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews
    • Strategic Air Command HQ 1946 - 1948.
      • 4th Fighter Wing 1947 – 1948.
      • 311th Reconnaissance Group 1946-1948

[edit] Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, LA (H)

  • Namesake: Lt. Eugene Hoy Barksdale.
    • Second Air Force 1949 -1975.
    • Eighth Air Force 1975 - 1992.
      • 4th Air Division 1952 - 1964.
      • 311th Air Division 1949.
        • 2d Bomb Wing 1963 - 1991.
        • 2d Wing 1991 - 1992.
        • 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949 - 1951.
        • 301st Bomb Wing 1949 - 1958.
        • 311th Reconnaissance Group 1948-1949
        • 376th Bomb Wing 1951 - 1957.
        • 4220th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1965-1966.
        • 4238th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963.

[edit] Beale AFB, Marysville, CA (H)

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Edward Fitzgerald Beale.
    • Second Air Force 1991 - 1992,
      • 14th Air Division 1960-1962,
      • 14th Air Division 1972-1991.
      • 14th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1972.
        • 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1966 - 1991,
        • 9th Wing 1991 – 1992,
        • 17th Bomb Wing 1975 - 1976,
        • 100th Air Refueling Wing 1976 – 1983,
        • 456th Bomb Wing 1972 - 1975,
        • 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 - 1971,
        • 4126th Strategic Wing 1959 - 1963,
        • 4200th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1965 – 1966,

[edit] Bergstrom AFB, Austin, TX (H)

  • Namesake: Capt. John August Bergstrom.
    • 12th Fighter Day Wing 1957 - 1958
    • 12th Fighter Escort Wing 1950 - 1953
    • 12th Strategic Fighter Wing 1953 – 1957
    • 27th Fighter Escort Wing 1950 - 1953
    • 27th Fighter Wing 1949 -1950
    • 27th Strategic Fighter Wing 1953 - 1958
    • 131st Fighter – Bomber Wing 1951
    • 340th Bomb Wing 1963 - 1966
    • 4130th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Biggs AFB, El Paso, TX (H)

  • Namesake: Lt. James B. Biggs.
    • 810th Air Division 1952 - 1962
      • 95th Bomb Wing 1952 - 1966
      • 97th Bomb Wing 1948 – 1959

[edit] Blytheville AFB, Blythesville, AR (Eaker AFB May 26, 1988) (H)

  • 42d Air Division 1963 - 1969.
  • 42d Air Division 1970-1971.
  • 42d Air Division 1973-1988
  • 42d Strategic Aerospace Division 1963
    • 97th Bomb Wing 1959 –1988

[edit] Bolling AFB, Washington, DC (T)

  • Namesake: Col. Raynal Cawthorne Bolling.
    • E District of Columbia
      • Strategic Air Commands HQ 1946

[edit] Buckley Field, Denver, CO. (T)

  • 311th Reconnaissance Wing 1946- 1948

[edit] Bunker Hill AFB (Grissom AFB, May 12, 1968), Peru, IN (H)

  • 305th Bomb Wing 1959-1968.


[edit] Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, CO (T).

[edit] Campbell AFB, KY (T)

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. William Bowen Campbell.
    • SAC Special Activities Center

[edit] (Fort Worth AFB) Carswell AFB, Feb. 27, 1948, Fort Worth, TX (H)

  • Namesake: Maj. Horace Seaver Carswell, Jr.
  • 8th Air Force 1948 - 1955
    • 7th Bomb Wing 1948 – 1991
      • 19th Air Division 1951 - 1988
        • 7th Wing 1991 – 1992
        • 11th Bomb Wing 1951 – 1957
        • 43d Bomb Wing 1960 - 1964
        • 4123d Strategic Wing 1957 – 1959

[edit] Castle AFB, Merced County, CA (H)

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Frederick Walker Castle.
    • 47th Air Division 1959 -1962
    • 47th Air Division 1963-1971.
    • 47th Strategic Aerospace Divisdion 1962-1963.
      • 93d Bombardment Group 1946.
      • 93d Bomb Wing 1947- 1991
      • 93d Wing 1991 -1992

[edit] Chatham AFB, Savannah, GA (H).

  • 22nd Bomb Wing 1949 – 1950

[edit] (Lake Charles AFB) Chennault AFB, LA Nov. 14, 1958 (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
  • 806th Air Division 1958 – 1960
    • 44th Bomb Wing 1958 - 1960
    • 68th Bomb Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Clinton County AFB, Wilmington, OH (T).

  • 22nd Air Division 1959 - 1960
    • 4090th Air Refueling Wing 1958 – 1960

[edit] Clinton - Sherman AFB, Clinton, OK (H).

  • Namesake: City of Clinton and the Sherman Iron Works.
    • 4090th Air Refueling Wing 1958 - 1960
    • 70th Bomb Wing 1962-1969.
    • 4123d Strategic Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] Columbus AFB, Columbus, MS (H)

  • 454th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1969
  • 4228th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Cooke AFB (Vandenberg AFB, Oct. 4, 1958), Lompoc, CA (T).

  • Namesake: Gen. Philip St. George Cooke.
    • 1st Missile Division 1957 - 1958
      • 704th Strategic Missile Wing 1957 - 1958

[edit] Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ (H).

  • Namesake: 1st Lt. Samuel H. Davis and 2d Lt. Oscar Monthan
    • 12th Air Division 1962 - 1971
    • 12th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1971
    • 12th Strategic Missile Division 1971-1973
    • 36th Air Division 1951- 1960
      • 2d Bomb Wing 1947 - 1949
      • 40th Bombardment Group 1946
      • 43rd Bomb Wing 1947 - 1960
      • 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1966 - 1976
      • 303d Bomb Wing 1951 – 1964
      • 390th Bomb Wing 1953 – 1961
      • 390th Strategic Missile Wing 1962- 1984
      • 444th Bombardment Group 1946
      • 4080th Strategic Wing 1969-1966.

[edit] Dow AFB, Bangor, ME (H).

  • Namesake: Lt. James F. Dow.
    • 6th Air Division 1961 - 1966
      • 101st Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992
      • 132d Fighter Bomber Wing 1951
      • 397th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1968
      • 506th Strategic Fighter Wing 1952 - 1955
      • 4038th Strategic Wing 1958 - 1963
      • 4060th Air Refueling Wing 1955 – 1963

[edit] (Abilene AFB) Dyess AFB Dec. 15, 1956, Abilene, TX (H).

  • 12th Air Division 1973 - 1988
  • 819th Air Division 1956 - 1962
  • 819th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1966
    • 96th Bomb Wing 1957 - 1962
    • 96th Bomb Wing 1972 - 1991
    • 96th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 – 1972
    • 96th Wing 1991 - 1992
    • 341st Bomb Wing 1956 - 1961

[edit] (Blytheville AFB) Eaker AFB May 26, 1988, Blythesville, AR (H).

  • Namesake: Gen. Ira C. Eaker
    • 97th Bomb Wing 1988 – 1991
    • 97th Wing 1991 – 1992

[edit] Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL (T).

  • Namesake: Lt. Col. Fredrick Irving Eglin.
    • 39th Bomb Wing 1963- 1965
    • 4135th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] (Mile 26) Eielson AFB, Fairbanks Feb 4, 1948, AK Jul 20, 1957 (T)

  • Namesake: Col. Carl Benjamin Eielson
    • 6th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1988 - 1992
    • 6th Strategic Wing 1967 - 1988
    • 168th Air Refueling Wing 1986-1992
    • 4157th Strategic Wing 1962- 1967
    • 97th Bomb Wing 1947 – 1948

[edit] (Rapid City AFB) Ellsworth AFB, Jun 13 1953, Rapid City, SD (H).

  • Namesake; Brig. Gen. Richard Elmer Ellsworth.
    • 12th Air Division 1988 - 1990
    • 821st Air Division 1959 - 1962
    • 821st Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1971
      • 28th Bomb Wing 1955 – 1991
      • 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1953- 1955
      • 28th Wing 1991 -1992
      • 44th Missile Wing 1991 – 1992
      • 44th Strategic Missile Wing 1962 - 1991
      • 99th Strategic Weapons Wing 1989 - 1991
      • 99th Tactical and Training Wing 1991 – 1992

[edit] Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK (T).

  • Namesake: Capt. Hugh Merle Elmendorf.
    • 4158th Strategic Wing 1963 – 1966

[edit] Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, CO (T).

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Uzal Girard Ent.
    • Fifteenth Air Force 1946 – 1949

[edit] (Spokane AFB) Fairchild AFB Jul 20, 1951, Spokane, WA. (H).

  • Namesake: Gen. Muir Stephen Fairchild'.
    • 18th Air Division 1959 - 1962
    • 18th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1968
    • 47th Air Division 1971 - 1987
    • 57th Air Division 1951 – 1956
      • 92d Bomb Wing 1951-1962
      • 92d Bomb Wing 1972 -1991
      • 92d Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 - 1972
      • 92d Wing 1991 - 1992
      • 98th Bomb Wing 1947 - 1948
      • 99th Bomb Wing 1955- 1956
      • 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1953 - 1955
      • 141st Air Refueling Wing 1976 – 1992

[edit] Fairfield-Suisan AFB (Travis AFB Apr. 21, 1951), Fairfield, CA (H).

  • 5th Bomb Wing 1955- 1968
  • 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949 - 1955
  • 9th Bomb Wing 1950 - 1953
  • 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949 – 1950

[edit] (Topeka AFB) Forbes AFB Jul 1, 1948, Topeka, KS (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Daniel Forbes.
    • 21st Air Division 1951 - 1962
    • 21st Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1964
    • 311th Air Division, Reconnaissance 1948 - 1949
      • 40th Bomb Wing 1960 - 1964
      • 40th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1964
      • 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1948 –1949
      • 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1952-1966
      • 90th Bomb Wing 1951 - 1956
      • 90th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1956 - 1960
      • 190th Air Refueling Wing 1978-1992
      • 308th Bomb Wing 1951
      • 310th Bomb Wing 1952
      • 376th Bomb Wing 1951

[edit] Fort Worth AFB (Carswell AFB, Feb. 27, 1948), Fort Worth, TX (H).

  • 8th Air Force 1946 - 1948
    • 7th Bomb Wing 1947 – 1948
    • 58th Bombardment Group 1946
    • 448th Bombardment Group 1946

[edit] Francis E. Warren AFB, Cheyenne, WY (H).

  • Namesake: Gov. Francis Emory Warren
    • 4th Air Division 1973-1988
    • 4th Strategic Aerospace Division 1971 - 1988
    • 4th Strategic Missile Division 1971-1973
    • 13th Air Division 1963
    • 13th Strategic Missile Division 1963-1966
      • 90th Missile Wing 1991 - 1992
      • 90th Strategic Missile Wing 1963 - 1991
      • 389th Strategic Missile Wing 1961 - 1965
      • 706th Strategic Missile Wing 1958 - 1961
      • 4320th Strategic Wing (Missile) 1958

[edit] Geiger Field, WA.

  • Namesake: Maj. Harold C. Geiger.
    • 141st Air Refueling Wing 1976

[edit] General Billy Mitch ANGB, WI.

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell
    • 128th Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992

[edit] Glasgow AFB, Glasgow, MT (H).

  • 91st Bomb Wing 1962 - 1968
  • 4141st Strategic Wing 1958 -1963

[edit] Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, ND (H).

  • 4th Air Division 1964 - 1971
  • 4th Strategic Aerospace Division 1971
  • 42d Air Division 1988 - 1991
    • 319th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1991
    • 319th Wing 1991 - 1992
    • 321st Strategic Missile Wing 1964 - 1992
    • 449th Bombardment Group 1946
    • 4133d Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Grand Island AFB, Grand Island, NE.

  • 449th Bombardment Group 1946

[edit] Great Falls AFB (Malstrom AFB Jun 15, 1956), Great Falls, MT (H).

  • 407th Strategic Fighter Wing 1953 - 1956

[edit] Grenier AFB, Manchester, NH (T).

  • Namesake: Lt. James D. Grenier
    • 82d Fighter Wing 1947 -1949

[edit] Griffiss AFB Sept. 20, 1948, Rome, NY (H).

  • Namesake: Lt. Col. Townsend E. Griffiss
    • 416th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1991
    • 4039th Strategic Wing 1958- 1963

[edit] (Bunker Hill AFB) Grissom AFB, May 12, 1968, Peru, IN (H).

  • Namesake: Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom
    • 305th Air Refueling Wing 1970- 1992
  • 305th Bomb Wing 1968-1970.
    • 434th Air Refueling Wing 1987-1992

[edit] Hill AFB, Ogden, UT (T).

  • Namesake: Maj. Plover Peter Hill
    • 4062d Strategic Wing (Missile) 1960 – 1962

[edit] Homestead AFB, Homestead, FL (H).

  • 823d Air Division 1956 - 1968
    • 19th Bomb Wing 1956 – 1968
    • 379th Bomb Wing 1953 – 1961

[edit] Hunter AFB, Savannah, GA (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Gen. Frank O'D. Hunter.
    • 38th Air Division 1951 - 1959
      • 2d Bomb Wing 1950 - 1963
      • 308th Bomb Wing 1951 - 1959

[edit] K. I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, MI (H).

  • Namesake: Kenneth Ingallis Sawyer.
    • 410th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1991
    • 410th Wing 1991 - 1992
    • 4042d Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Kearney AFB, Kearney, NE.

  • 27th Fighter Wing 1947 – 1949

[edit] Key Field ANGB, Meridian, MS.

  • Namesake: Al and Fred Key
    • 186th Air Refueling Wing 1992

[edit] (Kincross AFB) Kincheloe AFB Sep 25, 1959, Kinross, MI (H).

  • Namesake: Capt. Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr.
    • 416th Wing 1991 - 1992
    • 449th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1977
  • 4239th Strategic Wing 1959 - 1963


[edit] Kincross AFB (Kincheloe AFB Sep 25, 1959), Kinross, MI (H).

  • 4239th Strategic Wing 1956 - 1959

[edit] Lake Charles AFB (Chennault AFB, Nov. 14, 1958), Lake Charles, LA (H).

  • 806th Air Division 1952 - 1958
    • 44th Bomb Wing 1951 - 1958
    • 68th Bomb Wing 1952 – 1958
    • 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1951 – 1952

[edit] Ladd Field, AK (T).

  • Namesake: Maj. Arthur K. Ladd.

[edit] Larson AFB, Moses Lake, WA (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Donald A. Larson.
    • 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Fighter 1955 - 1957
    • 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 - 1966
    • 4170th Strategic Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX (H).

  • Namesake: 1st Lt. Jack Thomas Laughlin.
    • 4080th Strategic Recon. Wing 1957- 1960.
    • 4080th Strategic Wing 1960 – 1966

[edit] Limestone AFB (Loring AFB Oct 1, 1954), Limestone, ME.

  • 42d Bomb Wing 1953 -1954.
  • 42d Wing 1991 - 1992

[edit] Lincoln AFB, Lincoln, NE (H).

  • 818th Air Division 1954 - 1962
  • 818th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1965
    • 98th Bomb Wing 1954 – 1964
    • 98th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1964 – 1966

There were two bomb wings at Lincoln. The 98th and the 307th.

[edit] Little Rock AFB, Jacksonville, AR (H).

  • 825th Air Division 1955 - 1962
  • 825th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1970
    • 70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1955- 1962
    • 308th Strategic Missile Wing 1961 - 1987
    • 384th Bomb Wing 1953 – 1964

[edit] Lockbourne AFB (Rickenbacker AFB May 18, 1974), Columbus, OH (H).

  • 37th Air Division 1951 -1952
  • 801st Air Division 1952 - 1965
    • 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1952 - 1958
    • 70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1955
    • 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1957
    • 301st Air Refueling Wing 1964 - 1974
    • 301st Bomb Wing 1958 - 1964
    • 376th Bomb Wing 1957 – 1965

[edit] (Limestone AFB) Loring AFB Oct 1, 1954, Limestone, ME (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Charles Joseph Loring Jr.
    • 45th Air Division 1954 - 1971
      • 42d Bomb Wing 1954 -1991.

[edit] Lowry AFB, Denver, CO (H).

  • Namesake: 1st Lt. Francis Brown Lowry.
    • 451st Strategic Missile Wing 1961 - 1965
    • 703d Strategic Missile Wing 1958 – 1961

[edit] MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL (H).

  • Namesake: Col. Leslie MacDill.
    • 8th Air Force 1946
      • 6th Air Division 1951 – 1961
        • 305th Bomb Wing 1950 - 1959
        • 306th Bomb Wing 1948 - 1963
        • 307th Bomb Wing 1947 - 1965
        • 311th Reconnaissance Group 1946
        • 311th Reconnaissance Wing 1946 -1948
        • 498th Bombardment Group 1946

[edit] (Great Falls AFB) Malstrom AFB Jun 15, 1956, Great Falls, MT (H).

  • Namesake: Col. Einar Axel Malstrom,
    • 22d Air Division 1960 - 1962
    • 40th Strategic Aerospace Division 1989 - 1991
    • 813th Air Division 1959-1962
    • 813th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962 - 1966
      • 301st Air Refueling Wing 1988 - 1992
      • 341st Missile Wing 1991 - 1992
      • 341st Strategic Missile Wing 1961 -1991
      • 407th Strategic Fighter Wing 1956 - 1957
      • 4061st Air Refueling Wing 1956 – 1961


[edit] March AFB, Riverside, CA (H).

  • Namesake: 2nd Lt. Peyton Conway March.
    • Fifteenth Air Force 1949 - 1992
      • 12th Air Division 1951 - 1962
        • 1st Fighter Interceptor Wing 1950
        • 1st Fighter Wing 1949 - 1950
        • 22d Air Refueling Wing 1982 - 1992
        • 22d Bomb Wing 1949 - 1982
        • 44th Bombaerdment Group 1947-1950
        • 44th Bomb Wing 1950 - 1951
        • 106th Bomb Wing 1951 – 1952
        • 320th Bomb Wing 1952 - 1963
        • 330th Bomb Wing 1949 – 1951
        • 452d Air Refueling Wing 1978-1992

[edit] Mather AFB, Sacramento, CA (T).

  • Namesake: 2nd Lt. Carl Spencer Mather.
    • 320th Bomb Wing 1963 - 1989
    • 4134tth Strategic Wing 1958 - 1963

[edit] McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS (H).

  • Namesake: Capt. Fred McConnell and 2d Lt. Thomas Laverne McConnell.
    • 42d Air Division 1959 - 1962
    • 42d Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1963
      • 381st Strategic Missile Wing 1961 - 1986
      • 384th Air Refueling Wing 1972 - 1987
        • 384th Bomb Wing 1987 – 1991
        • 384th Wing 1991 - 1992
        • 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] (Pinecastle AFB) McCoy AFB May 7, 1958, Orlando, FL (H).

  • Namesake: Col. Michael Norman Wright McCoy.
    • 42d Air Division 1971 - 1973
    • 823d Air Division 1968 – 1971
      • 306th Bomb Wing 1963 – 1974
      • 321st Bomb Wing 1958 – 1961
      • 4047th Strategic Wing 1961 – 1963

[edit] McGee Tyson ANGB, Knoxville, TN.

  • Namesake: Charles McGee Tyson (USNR)
    • 134th Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992

[edit] McGuire AFB, Wrightstown, NJ (T).

  • Namesake: Maj. Thomas Buchannan McGuire Jr.
    • 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1948 – 1949
    • 108th Air Refueling Wing 1991-1992
    • 170th Air Refueling Wing 1977-1992

[edit] Merced County Airport, Merced CA (H).

  • 444th Bombardment Group 1946.

[edit] Miami International Airport, Miami Fl. (T).

  • 456th Troop Carrier Wing (Reserves) 1952 - 1972

[edit] Minot AFB, Minot, ND (H).

  • 57th Air Division 1975 - 1991
  • 810th Air Division 1962
  • 810th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1971
    • 5th Bomb Wing 1968 - 1991
    • 5th Wing 1991 - 1992
    • 91st Strategic Missile Wing 1968 - 1992
    • 450th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1968
    • 455th Strategic Missile Wing 1962 - 1968
    • 4136th Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Moody AFB, Valdosta, GA (T).

  • Namesake: Major George P. Moody
    • 146th Fighter – Bomber Wing 1951

[edit] Mountain Home AFB, Mountain Home, ID (H).

  • 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949
  • 9th Bomb Wing 1953 - 1962
  • 9th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 – 1966

[edit] Naval Air Station, Dallas TX

  • 136th Air Refueling Wing 1976-1978

[edit] O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL (T).

  • Namesake: Lt. Cmdr Edward “Butch” O’Hare.
    • 126th Air Refueling Wing 1976 – 1992

[edit] Offutt AFB, Bellevue, NE (H).

  • Namesake: 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt.
    • Strategic Air Command HQ 1948 - 1992
      • 1st Air Division (Meterorological Survey) 1955 - 1956
      • 5th Air Division 1951
        • 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1966 - 1991
        • 55th Wing 1991 -1992
        • 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 - 1964
        • 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Tech. Wing 1963 - 1979
        • 544th Intelligence Wing 1991 - 1992
        • 544th Strategic Intelligence Wing 1979 - 1991
        • 3902d Air Base Wing 1979 - 1986
        • 4231st Strategic Wing 1959-1962
        • 4321st Strategic Wing 1959 – 1962

[edit] (Portsmouth AFB) Pease AFB Sep 7, 1956, Portsmouth, NH (H).

  • Namesake: Capt. Harl Pease Jr.
    • 45th Air Division 1971 - 1989
    • 817th Air Division 1956 – 1971
      • 100th Bomb Wing 1956 - 1966


      • 157th Air Refueling Wing 1975-1992
      • 509th Bomb Wing 1958-1992

[edit] Peterson AFB CO. (T).

  • Namesake: 1st Edward J. Peterson.

[edit] Phoenix Skyharbor IAP, Phoenix, AZ.

  • 161st Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992

[edit] Pinecastle AFB (McCoy AFB May 7, 1958), Pinecastle, FL (H).

  • 813th Air Division 1954 – 1956
    • 19th Bomb Wing 1954 – 1956
    • 321st Bomb Wing 1953 – 1958

[edit] Pittsburgh ANGB, Pittsburgh IAP, Pittsburgh, PA

  • 112th Air Refueling Wing 1991-1992
  • 171st Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992

[edit] Plattsburgh AFB, Plattsburgh, NY (H).

    • 820th Air Division 1956 - 1962
    • 820th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1965
      • 308th Bomb Wing 1959 - 1961
      • 380th Air Refueling Wing 1991 – 1992
      • 380th Bomb Wing 1953 - 1964
      • 380th Bomb Wing 1972 - 1991
      • 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1964 - 1972
      • 497th Air Refueling Wing 1963 – 1964
      • 4180th Air Refueling Wing 1960 - 1963

[edit] Portsmouth AFB (Pease AFB Sep 7, 1956), Portsmouth, NH (H).

  • 100th Bomb Wing 1953 - 1956

[edit] Presque Isle AFB, Presque Isle, ME (T).

  • 702d Strategic Missile Wing 1958 – 1961

[edit] Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX (T).

  • Namesake: Capt. William Millican Randolph.
    • 4397th Air Refueling Training Wing 1958 – 1962

[edit] Rapid City AFB (Ellsworth AFB, Jun 13, 1953), Rapid City, SD (H).

  • 28th Bomb Wing 1947 - 1950
  • 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1950 - 1953

[edit] (Lockbourne AFB) Rickenbacker AFB May 18, 1974, Columbus, OH (H).

  • Namesake: Capt Edward "Eddie" V. Rickenbacker.
    • 160th Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992
    • 301st Air Refueling Wing 1974 - 1979

[edit] Robins AFB, Warner Robins, GA (H).

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Augustine Warner Robins.
    • 19th Air Refueling Wing 1983 – 1992
    • 19th Bomb Wing 1968 - 1983
    • 465th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1968
    • 4137th Strategic Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] Roswell AFB (Walker AFB Jun 19, 1949), Roswell, NM (H).

  • 33d Fighter Wing 1947 - 1948
  • 509th Composite Group 1946-1947
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1947 – 1949

[edit] Salt Lake City IAP, Salt Lake City, UT.

  • 151st Air Refueling Wing 1976-1992.

[edit] Savannah AFB, Savannah, GA (H).

  • 380th Bombardment Group 1947-1949

[edit] (Smoky Hill AFB) Schilling AFB Mar 16, 1957, Salina, KS. (H).

  • Namesake: Col. David C. Schilling.
    • 22d Air Division 1962 - 1963
    • 802d Air Division 1957-1960
      • 40th Bomb Wing 1957 -1960
      • 310th Bomb Wing 1957 - 1962
      • 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 – 1965
      • 485th Bombardment Group 1946.

[edit] Sedalia AFB (Whiteman AFB Dec 3, 1955), Knob Noster, MO (H).

  • 340th Bomb Wing 1952-1955

[edit] Selfridge AFB, Mt. Clemens, MI (H).

  • Namesake: 1st Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge
    • 56th Fighter Wing 1946 - 1948
    • 500th Air Refueling Wing 1963 - 1964
    • 4045th Air Refueling Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC (H).

  • Namesake: Navy Lt. Seymour Johnson
    • 68th Air Refueling Wing 1986 – 1991
    • 68th Bomb Wing 1963 - 1986
    • 4241st Strategic Wing 1958 – 1963

[edit] Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX (H).

  • Namesake: U.S. Senator Morris E. Sheppard.
    • 494th Bomb Wing 1963 - 1966
    • 4245th Strategic Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] Smoky Hill AFB (Schilling AFB, Mar 16, 1957), Salina, KS (H).

  • 802d Air Division 1952 – 1957
    • 22d Bomb Wing 1948 – 1949
    • 40th Bomb Wing 1952 - 1957
    • 97th Bomb Wing 1948
    • 301st Bomb Wing 1947 - 1949
    • 485th Bombardment Group 1946

[edit] Spokane AFB (Fairchild AFB Jul 20, 1951, Spokane, WA (H).

  • 92d Bomb Wing 1947 - 1951
  • 90th Bomb Wing 1950 - 1951
  • 111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1951

[edit] Stead AFB, Reno, NV (T).

  • Namesake: Lt. Croston K. Stead
    • 3904th Composite Wing 1952 - 1954

[edit] Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK (T).

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker
    • 506th Strategic Fighter Wing 1955 – 1957.

[edit] Topeka AFB (Forbes AFB Jul 1, 1948), Topeka, KS (H).

  • 311th Air Division, Reconnaissance 1948 - 1949
    • 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1948 –1949

[edit] (Fairfield-Suisan AFB) Travis AFB Apr. 21 1951, Fairfield, CA (H).

  • Namesake; Brig. Gen. Robert Falligant Travis.
    • 14th Air Division 1951 – 1960
      • 5th Bomb Wing 1951 – 1968
      • 5th Bomb Wing 1955- 1968

[edit] Turner AFB, Albany, GA (H).

  • Namesake: Lt. S. Preston Turner.
    • 40th Air Division 1951 - 1957
    • 82d Air Division 1959 - 1966
      • 12th Fighter Escort Wing 1950
      • 31st Fighter Escort Wing 1950 - 1953
      • 31st Strategic Fighter Wing 1953 - 1957
      • 108th Fighter Bomber Wing 1951
      • 484th Bomb Wing 1962 - 1967
      • 508th Fighter Escort Wing 1952
      • 508th Strategic Fighter Wing 1952 – 1956
      • 4080th Strategic Recon. Wing 1956 - 1957
      • 4138th Strategic Wing 1959 – 1963

[edit] (Cooke AFB) Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, CA Oct. 4, 1958 (T).

  • Namesake: Gen. Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg.
    • Twentieth Air Force 1991 – 1992
      • 1st Missile Division 1958 - 1961
      • 1st Strategic Aerospace Division 1961-1991
        • 310th Training and Testing Wing 1991-1992
        • 392d Strategic Missile Wing 1961
        • 704th Strategic Missile Wing 1958 - 1959
        • 4392d Aerospace Support Wing 1961
        • 4392d Aerospace Support Wing 1987 – 1991

[edit] (Roswell AFB) Walker AFB Jun 19, 1949, Roswell, NM (H).

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. Kenneth Newton. Walker.
    • 47th Air Division 1951 - 1959
      • 6th Bomb Wing 1950 - 1962
      • 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962 – 1967
      • 509th Bomb Wing 1949 – 1958

[edit] Westover AFB, Chicopee, MA (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover
    • Eighth Air Force 1955-1970
      • 1st Air Division 1954 - 1955
      • 57th Air Division 1956 - 1969
        • 99th Bomb Wing 1956 - 1974
        • 499th Air Refueling Wing 1963 - 1966
        • 4050th Air Refueling Wing 1955 – 1963

[edit] (Sedalia AFB) Whiteman AFB Dec 3, 1955, Sedalia, MO (H).

  • Namesake: 2nd Lt. George Allison Whiteman.
    • 17th Air Division 1959 - 1962
    • 17th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962-1963
    • 17th Strategic Aerospace Division 1965-1971
    • 17th Strategic Missile Division 1963-1965
    • 100th Air Division 1990 - 1991
      • 340th Bomb Wing 1955-1963
      • 34oth Bomb Wing 1958-1970
      • 351st Missile Wing 1991 - 1992
      • 351st Strategic Missile Wing 1962 – 1991

[edit] Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH (T).

  • Namesake: Orville & Wilbur Wright and 1st Lt. Frank Patterson.
    • 17th Bomb Wing 1963 – 1975
    • 4043d Strategic Wing 1959 - 1963

[edit] Wurtsmith AFB, Oscoda, MI (H).

  • Namesake: Maj. Gen. Paul Bernard Wurtsmith.
    • 40th Air Division 1959 - 1988
      • 379th Bomb Wing 1961 - 1991
      • 379th Wing 1991 - 1992
      • 4026th Strategic Wing 1958 - 1961

[edit] U.S. Overseas

[edit] Anderson AFB, Agana, Guam.

  • Namesake: Brig. Gen. James Roy Anderson.
    • Eighth Air Force 1970 - 1975
      • 3d Air Division 1954 - 1970
      • 3d Air Division 1975 - 1992
        • 43d Bomb Wing 1986-1990
        • 43d Strategic Wing 1970 - 1986
        • 72d Strategic Wing (P) 1972-1973
        • 92d Bomb Wing 1954-1955
        • 92d Bomb Wing 1956
        • 99th Bomb Wing 1956
        • 303d Bomb Wing 1956
        • 320th Bomb Wing 1956-1957
        • 509th Bomb Wing 1954
        • 1500th Strategic Wing (P) 1990-1991
        • 3960th Air Base Wing 1955-1956
        • 3960th Strategic Wing 1965-1970
        • 4133d Bomb Wing (P) 1966 - 1970

[edit] Hickham AFB, Honolulu, HI (T).

  • Namesake: Lt. Col. Horace Meek Hickham.
    • 3d Air Division 1988 – 1992

[edit] Ramey AFB, Aguadilla, PR.

  • Namesake: Gen. Roger M. Ramey
    • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1950 - 1952
    • 72d Bomb Wing 1955 - 1971
    • 72d Strategic Recon. Wing 1952 - 1955

[edit] Foreign Bases

[edit] Canada

[edit] Ernest Harmon AB, Newfoundland.

  • 4081st Strategic Wing 1957-1966

[edit] Goose Bay AB, Labrador.

  • 95th Strategicv Wing 1966-1976
  • 4082d Strategic Wing 1957 – 1966.

[edit] England

[edit] Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.

  • 17th Recon. Wing 1982-1992
  • 4300th Bomb Wing (P) 1990

[edit] RAF Alconbury

  • 17th Reconnaissance Wing 1982-1991

[edit] RAF Bassingborn, Royston.

  • 2d Bomb Group 1951
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1951
  • 97th Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 301st Bomb Group 1950-1951

[edit] RAF Burtonwood, Warrington.

  • 5th Strategic Recon. Wing 1950

[edit] RAF Brize Norton.

  • 11th Bomb Wing 1952
  • 43rd Bomb Wing 1953
  • 68th Bomb Wing 1958
  • 92d Bomb Wing 1958
  • 97th Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 301st Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 301st Bomb Wing 1952-1953
  • 305th Bomb Wing 1953
  • 320th Bomb Wing 1954
  • 380th Bomb Wing 1957
  • 384th Bomb Wing 1957
  • 3920th Strategic Wing 1964-1965
  • SAC REFLEX Base 1959-1964

[edit] RAF Fairford,

  • 5th Strategic Recon. Wing 1954
  • 7th Bomb Wing 1952-1953
  • 11th Bomb Wing 1952-1953
  • 43d Bomb Wing 1954
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1954
  • 303d Bomb Wing 1954
  • 306th Bomb Wing 1953
  • 806th Bomb Wing (P) 1991
  • SAC REFLEX base 1959-1964

[edit] RAF Greenham Common.

  • 40th Bomb Wing 1957
  • 100th Bomb Wing 1957-1958
  • 303d Bomb Wing 1954
  • 310th Bomb Wing 1956-1957
  • 320th Bomb Wing 1956

[edit] RAF High Wycombe.

  • 7th Air Division 1958-1965

[edit] RAF Lakenheath.

  • 2d Bomb Group 1948
  • 2d Bomb Group 1950
  • 7th Bomb Wing 1951
  • 22d Bomb Group 1948-1949
  • 22d Bomb Group 1949-1950
  • 22d Bomb Wing 1951
  • 40th Bomb Wing 1955
  • 42d Bomb Wing 1955
  • 43d Bomb Group 1949
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1954
  • 68th Bomb Wing 1954
  • 93d Bomb Wing 1952
  • 97th Bomb Wing 1952
  • 98th Bomb Wing 1955-1956
  • 301st Bomb Group/Bomb Wing 1950-1951
  • 307th Bomb Group 1948-1949
  • 307th Bomb Wing 1956
  • 321st Bomb Wing 1954 - 1955
  • 340th Bomb Wing 1955
  • 384th Bomb Wing 1957
  • 509th Bomb Group 1949
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1951
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1952
  • 705th Strategic Missile Wing 1958
  • SAC REFLEX base 1959-1964

[edit] RAF Manston.

  • 12th Fighter Escort Wing 1951
  • 31st Fighter Escort Wing 1951
  • 91st Strategic Recon, Wing 1951

[edit] RAF Marham.

  • 2d Bomb Group 1950
  • (22d Bomb Group 1949-1950
  • 43d Bomb Group 1949
  • 93d Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 97th Bomb Group 1948-1949
  • 307th Bomb Group 1948
  • 307th Bomb Group 1949-1950
  • 509th Bomb Group 1949

[edit] RAF Mildenhall, Mildenhall.

  • 2d Bomb Group 1950
  • 2d Bomb Wing 1951
  • 22d Bomb Wing 1951
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1953
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1954
  • 93d Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 93d Bomb Group 1951-1952
  • 97th Bomb Wing 1952
  • 100th Air Refueling Wing 1992
  • 306th Strategic Wing 1978- 1992
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1951
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1952

[edit] RAF Scampton.

  • 28th Bomb Group 1948
  • 301st Bomb Group 1948-1949

[edit] RAF Sculthorpe.

  • 2d Bomb Group 1950
  • 5th Bomb Group 1950
  • 5th Recon. Group 1949-1950
  • 5th Strategic Recon. Wing 1950
  • 22d Bomb Group 1949-1950
  • 22d Bomb Wing 1951
  • 43d Bomb Group 1949
  • 91st Strategic Recon. Wing 1951
  • 92d Bomb Group 1949
  • 97th Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 98th Bomb Group 1949
  • 301st Bomb Group 1950-1951

[edit] RAF South Rislup.

  • 7th Air Division 1951-1958
    • 705th Strategic Missile Wing 1958-1960

[edit] RAF Upper Heyford.

  • 2d Bomb Wing 1952
  • 22d Bomb Wing 1953-1954
  • 42d Bomb Wing 1955
  • 97th Bomb Wing 1956
  • 303d Bomb Wing 1954
  • 310th Bomb Wing 1955
  • 376th Bomb Wing 1955
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1956
  • 3918th Strategic Wing 1964-1965
  • European Tanker Task Force 1970-1992
  • SAC REFLEX base 1959-1964

[edit] RAF Waddington.

  • 97th Bomb Group 1948-1949
  • 97th Bomb Group 1950-1951

[edit] RAF Wyton.

  • 2d Bomb Wing 1951
  • 97th Bomb Group 1950-1951
  • 509th Bomb Wing 1951
  • SAC Dispersal Base

[edit] Egypt

[edit] Cairo

  • 1706th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] French Morocco

[edit] Nouasseur AB.

  • 4310th Air Division 1958-1963

[edit] Rabat.

  • 5th Air Division 1951-1954

[edit] Sidi Slimane AB.

  • 5th Air Division 1954-1958
    • 4310th Air Division 1958

[edit] Ben Guerir AB.

[edit] Greece

[edit] Hellinikon AB

  • 803rd Air Refueling Wing (P)

[edit] Greenland

[edit] Thule AFB, Thule, Greenland.

  • 4083d Air Base Wing 1959 - 1960
  • 4083d Strategic Wing 1957 - 1959

[edit] Japan

[edit] Kadena AB, Okinawa.

  • 307th Bomb Wing 1952-1954
  • 376th Strategic Wing 1970-1991
  • 4252d Strategic Wing 1965-1970

[edit] Misawa AB, Misawa.

  • 12th Strategic Fighter Wing 1954
  • 27th Fighter Escort Wing/Strategic Fighter Wing 1952-1953
  • 31st Strategic Fighter Wing 1953-1954

[edit] Yokota AB, Tokyo.

  • 98th Bomb Wing 1953-1954

[edit] Oman

[edit] Seeb.

  • 1702d Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990-1991

[edit] Potugal

[edit] Lajes/Lisbon

  • 802d Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] Saudi Arabia

[edit] King Khalid IAP.

  • 1703d Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990 - 1991

[edit] Jeddah, New.(Prince Abdul Aziz)

  • 1701st Air Refueling Wing(P) 1991
  • 1701st Strategic Wing (P) 1990
  • 1708th Bomb Wing (P) 1990
  • 1709th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] Riyadh.

  • 17th Air Division (P) Provisional 24 Aug 1990.
      • 1700th Strategic Wing (P) 1990-1991
      • 1711th Air Redfueling Wing (P)

[edit] Spain

[edit] Madrid.

  • Sixteenth Air Force 1957-1958
      • 65th Air Division 1957
        • 7602d Support Wing 1957
        • 3977th Support Wing 1957-1958

[edit] Moron AB, Seville.

  • 801st Air Refueling Wing(P) 1990
  • 801st Bomb Wing (P) 1991
  • 3973d Strategic Wing 1964-1966

[edit] Torrejon AB, Madrid.

  • Sixteenth Air Force 1958-1966
    • 65th Air Division 1957-1960
      • 98th Strategic Wing 1966-1976
      • 3970th Strategic Wing 1964-1966

[edit] Zaragosa AB, Zaragosa.

[edit] Thailand

[edit] U-Tapoa AB, Bankok.

  • 17th Air Division 1972
    • 307th Strategic Wing 1970-1975
    • 310th Strategic Wing (P) 1972-1974
    • 4258th Strategic Wing 1966-1970

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Incirlik.

  • 804th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990
  • 810th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990-1991
  • 807th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] United Arab Emirates

[edit] Abu Dhabi

  • 1712th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] Dubai

  • 101st Air Refueling Wing 1990-1991
  • 1713 Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

[edit] West Germany

[edit] Ramstein AB, Kaiserslautern.

  • 7th Air Division 1978-1992
    • 306th Strategic Wing 1976-1978