List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings Assigned To Strategic Air Command - 305th Bomb Wing

305th Bomb Wing

See 305th Air Mobility Wing

  • Established on: December 20, 1950.
  • Activated on: January 2, 1951.
  • At: MacDill AFB, FL.
  • Assigned to: Second Air Force.
  • Equipment: B-29s, KC-97s.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 6th Air Division on February 10, 1951. (Attached to the 7th Air Division from September 4 to December 5, 1953). (Attached to the 5th Air Division from November 3, 1955 to January 8, 1956). (Attached to the 5th Air Division from January 7 to March 8, 1957).
  • Changed equipment in: 1952 to B-29s, B-47s, KC-97s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1954 to B-47s, KC-97s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1958 to B-47s, RB-47s, KC-97s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1959 to B-47s, KC-97s, KC-135s.
  • Moved to: Bunker Hill AFB, IN. on June 1, 1959.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 17th Air Division on July 15, 1959.
  • Changed equipment in: 1959 to B-47s, KC-97s, KC-135s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1960 to B-47s, KC-135s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1961 to B-58s, TB-58s, KC-135s.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 19th Air Division on January 1, 1961.
  • Changed equipment in: 1961 to B-47s, B-58s, TB-58s, KC-135s.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 825th Strategic Aerospace Division on September 1, 1964.
  • Changed equipment in: 1964 to B-58s, TB-58s, KC-135s.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-58s, TB-58s, EC-135s, KC-135s.
  • Redesignated as: 305th Air Refueling Wing on January 1, 1970 as

Conducted strategic bombardment training, February 1951 – February 1953. Added a refueling mission in July 1951. Converted to jet bombers in late 1952. Deployed overseas three times, once to England (September–December 1953) and twice to North Africa (November 1955 – January 1956 and January–March 1957), in keeping with its mission of global bombardment and air refueling operations. Two wing B-47s set speed records on July 28, 1953 when one flew from Goose Bay, Labrador, to Fairford RAF Station, England, in 4:14 hours and the other flew from Limestone AFB, ME, to Fairford RAF Station in 4:45 hours. Converted to jet tankers in 1959 and supersonic bombers in 1961. A wing B-58 set a new speed record on October 16, 1963 by flying from Tokyo, Japan, to London, England (via Alaska and Greenland), in 8:35 hours at an average speed of 938 mph. The wing operated a B-58 combat crew training school, August 1965 – December 1969, and gained a post-attack command control system (PACCS) mission in mid-1966. The wing from January 1970 concentrated on air refueling and PACCS support. From the early 1970s, supported worldwide task forces by deploying tankers to Europe, Alaska, Greenland, and the Pacific. Provided air-refueling support to units involved in the invasion of Grenada (October 1983). From August 1990 to June 1991 deployed personnel and aircraft to provide refueling support for air operations to and in Southwest Asia. Wing also delivered food to the Kurds in Northern Iraq, April–May 1991. Lost its PACCS mission in May 1992.

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