List of Strategic Air Command bases

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.

Abilene AFB, TX (Dyess AFB, 15 Dec 1956) (H)

• 341st Bomb Wing 1955–1956

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.

Amarillo AFB, Amarillo, TX (H)

• 4128th Strategic Wing 1958–1963.
• 461st Bomb Wing 1963–1968

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

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.

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,

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
  • 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 1971-1993
  • 131st Fighter – Bomber Wing 1951
  • 340th Bomb Wing 1963–1966
  • 4130th Strategic Wing 1958–1963

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

Blytheville AFB, Blytheville, AR (Eaker AFB 26 May 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

Bolling AFB, Washington, DC (T)

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

Buckley Field, Aurora, CO. (T)

• 311th Reconnaissance Wing 1946–1948

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

• 305th Bomb Wing 1959–1968.

Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, CO (T).

• Namesake: Brig. Gen. Christopher "Kit" Carson
  • 3904th Composite Wing 1950–1952.

Campbell AFB, KY (T)

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

(Fort Worth AFB) Carswell AFB, 27 Feb 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

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 Division 1962–1963.
    • 93d Bombardment Group 1946.
    • 93d Bomb Wing 1947–1991
    • 93d Wing 1991–1992

Chatham AFB, Savannah, GA (H).

• 22nd Bomb Wing 1949–1950

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

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

Clinton County AFB, Wilmington, OH (T).

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

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

Columbus AFB, Columbus, MS (H)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

• 12th Air Division 1973–1988
• 819th Air Division 1956–1962
• 819th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962–1966
  • 7th Wing 1993-current
  • 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

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

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

Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL (T).

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

(Mile 26) Eielson AFB, Fairbanks 4 Feb 1948, AK 20 Jul 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

(Rapid City AFB) Ellsworth AFB, 13 Jun 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

Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK (T).

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

Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, CO (T).

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

(Spokane AFB) Fairchild AFB 20 Jul 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

Fairfield–Suisun AFB (Travis AFB 21 Apr 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

(Topeka AFB) Forbes AFB 1 Jul 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

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

• 8th Air Force 1946–1948
  • 7th Bomb Wing 1947–1948
  • 43rd Bomb Wing 1960-1964
  • 58th Bombardment Group 1946
  • 448th Bombardment Group 1946

Francis E. Warren AFB, Cheyenne, WY (H).

• Namesake: Gov. Francis Emroy 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

Geiger Field, WA.

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

General Billy Mitch ANGB, WI.

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

Glasgow AFB, Glasgow, MT (H).

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

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

Grand Island AFB, Grand Island, NE.

• 449th Bombardment Group 1946

Great Falls AFB (Malmstrom AFB 15 Jun 1956), Great Falls, MT (H).

• 407th Strategic Fighter Wing 1953–1956

Grenier AFB, Manchester, NH (T).

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

Griffiss AFB 20 September 1948, Rome, NY (H).

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

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

• Namesake: Lt Col Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom
  • 305th Air Refueling Wing 1970–1992
• 305th Bomb Wing 1959–1970.
  • 434th Air Refueling Wing 1987–1992

Hill AFB, Ogden, UT (T).

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

Homestead AFB, Homestead, FL (H).

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

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

K. I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, MI (H).

• Namesake: Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer.
  • 410th Bomb Wing 1962–91
  • 410th Wing 1991–92
  • 4042d Strategic Wing 1958 – 63

Kearney AFB, Kearney, NE.

• 27th Fighter Wing 1947–1949

Key Field ANGB, Meridian, MS.

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

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

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

Lake Charles AFB (Chennault AFB, 14 Nov 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

Ladd Field, AK (T).

• Namesake: Maj Arthur K. Ladd.

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

Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX (H).

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

Loring AFB 1 Oct 1954), Limestone, ME.

• Namesake: Maj Charles Joseph Loring Jr.
  • 45th Air Division 1954–1971
  • 42d Bomb Wing 1953–1954.
  • 42d Wing 1991–1992

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
  • 307th Bomb Wing

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
  • 43rd Bomb Wing 1964-1970

Lockbourne AFB (Rickenbacker AFB 18 May 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

Lowry AFB, Denver, CO (H).

• Namesake: A2c Wade Paul J Jr.

1st Lt Francis Brown Lowry.

• • 451st Strategic Missile Wing 1961–1965
  • 703d Strategic Missile Wing 1958–1961

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

(Great Falls AFB) Malmstrom AFB 15 Jun 1956, Great Falls, MT (H).

• Namesake: Col Einar Axel Malmstrom,
  • 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

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

Mather AFB, Sacramento, CA (T).

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

McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS (H).

• Namesake: Capt Fred McConnell and 2nd 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

(Pinecastle AFB) McCoy AFB 7 May 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

McGhee Tyson ANGB, Knoxville, TN.

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

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

Merced County Airport, Merced CA (H).

• 444th Bombardment Group 1946.

Miami International Airport, Miami FL (T).

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

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
  • 906th Air Refueling Squadron 1959-1991
  • 91st Strategic Missile Wing 1968–1992
  • 450th Bomb Wing 1962–1968
  • 455th Strategic Missile Wing 1962–1968
  • 4136th Strategic Wing 1958–1963

Moody AFB, Valdosta, GA (T).

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

Mountain Home AFB, Mountain Home, ID (H).

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

Naval Air Station, Dallas TX

• 136th Air Refueling Wing 1976–1978

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

• Namesake: LCDR Edward "Butch" O’Hare.
  • 126th Air Refueling Wing 1976–1992

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

(Portsmouth AFB) Pease AFB 7 Sep 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

Peterson AFB CO. (T).

• Namesake: 1st Lt Edward J. Peterson.

Phoenix Skyharbor IAP, Phoenix, AZ.

• 161st Air Refueling Wing 1976–1992

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

• 813th Air Division 1954–1956
  • 19th Bomb Wing 1954–1956
  • 321st Bomb Wing 1953–1958
  • 4047th Strategic Wing 1958–1963
  • 306th Bomb Wing 1963–1974

Pittsburgh ANGB, Pittsburgh IAP, Pittsburgh, PA

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

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

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

• 100th Bomb Wing 1953–1956

Presque Isle AFB, Presque Isle, ME (T).

• 702d Strategic Missile Wing 1958–1961

Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX (T).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salt Lake City IAP, Salt Lake City, UT.

• 151st Air Refueling Wing 1976–1992.

Savannah AFB, Savannah, GA (H).

• 380th Bombardment Group 1947–1949

(Smoky Hill AFB) Schilling AFB 16 Mar 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.

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

• 340th Bomb Wing 1952–1955

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

Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC (H).

• Namesake: LT Seymour Johnson, USN
  • 68th Air Refueling Wing 1986–1991
  • 68th Bomb Wing 1963–1986
  • 4241st Strategic Wing 1958–1963
  • 911th Air Refueling Wing 1958–1986

Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX (H).

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

Smoky Hill AFB (Schilling AFB, 16 Mar 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

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

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

Stead AFB, Reno, NV (T).

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

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK (T).

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

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

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

(Fairfield–Suisun AFB) Travis AFB 21 Apr 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

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

(Cooke AFB) Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, CA 4 Oct 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

(Roswell AFB) Walker AFB 19 Jun 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

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

(Sedalia AFB) Whiteman AFB 3 Dec 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

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

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

U.S. Overseas

Andersen AFB, Agana, Guam.

• Namesake: Brig Gen James Roy Andersen.
  • 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

Hickam AFB, Honolulu, HI (T).

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

Ramey AFB, Aguadilla, PR.

• Namesake: Gen Howard Knox Ramey
  • 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1950–1952
  • 72d Bomb Wing 1955–1971
  • 72d Strategic Recon. Wing 1952–1955

Foreign Bases

Canada

Ernest Harmon AB, Newfoundland

• Namesake: Captain Ernest Emery Harmon
  • 4081st Strategic Wing 1957–1966

Goose AB, Labrador

• 95th Strategic Wing 1966–1976
• 4082nd Strategic Wing 1957–1966.

United Kingdom

Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.

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

RAF Alconbury

• 17th Reconnaissance Wing 1982–1991

RAF Bassingbourn, Royston.

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

RAF Burtonwood, Warrington.

• 5th Strategic Recon. Wing 1950

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

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

11th Strategic Group 1979-1990

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

RAF High Wycombe.

• 7th Air Division 1958–1965

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

RAF Manston.

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

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

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

RAF Scampton.

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

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

RAF South Ruislip.

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

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

RAF Waddington.

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

RAF Wyton.

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

Egypt

Cairo

• 1706th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

French Morocco

Nouasseur AB.

• 4310th Air Division 1958–1963

Rabat.

• 5th Air Division 1951–1954

Sidi Slimane AB.

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

Greece

Hellinikon AB

• 803rd Air Refueling Wing (P)

Denmark

Thule AFB, Thule, Greenland.

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

Japan

Kadena AB, Okinawa.

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

Misawa AB, Misawa.

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

Yokota AB, Tokyo.

• 98th Bomb Wing 1953–1954

Oman

Seeb.

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

Portugal

Lajes/Terceira Island

• 802d Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

Saudi Arabia

King Khalid IAP.

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

King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah

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

Riyadh.

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

Spain

Madrid.

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

Moron AB, Seville.

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

Torrejon AB, Madrid.

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

Thailand

U-Tapao AF, Bangkok.

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

Turkey

Incirlik.

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

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

• 1712th Air Refueling Wing (P) 1990

Dubai

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

West Germany

Ramstein AB, Kaiserslautern.

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

References

• List of SAC bases at strategic-air-command.com

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