461st Bomb Wing
•Activated on: November 15, 1962. •Organized on: February 1, 1963. •At: Amarillo AFB, TX. •Assigned to: Strategic Air Command. •Equipment: B-52s, KC-135s. •Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 22nd Strategic Aerospace Division on February 1, 1963. •Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 819th Strategic Aerospace Division on July 1, 1964. •Reassigned to: Second Air Force on July 1, 1965. •Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 19th Air Division on July 2, 1966. •Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-52s. •Inactivated on: March 25, 1968.
Activated at Amarillo AFB, Texas, in 1963, the 461st absorbed the personnel and equipment of the inactivating 4128th Strategic Wing. Trained with B-52s to-maintain heavy bombardment proficiency, and participated in numerous-operational readiness inspections and actual and simulated exercises as directed by the Strategic Air Command. Deployed B-52 aircraft and crews to Andersen AFB, Guam, January 18 – July 4, 1967, for combat operations in Southeast Asia. Maintained combat proficiency until January 21, 1968 when last B-52 transferred. Inactivated on March 25.
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