RAF Alconbury - Major Units Assigned

Major Units Assigned

United States Army Air Forces

  • 93d Bombardment Group, 7 September 1942 – 5 December 1942
  • 92d Bombardment Group, 6 January – 15 September 1943
  • 95th Bombardment Group, 15 April – 15 June 1943
  • 482d Bombardment Group, 20 August 1943 – 21 May 1945
  • 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional), January–1 May 1944
  • 94th Bombardment Wing, 12–18 June 1945
  • 2d Bombardment Wing, 12 June – 26 August 1945
  • 1st Bombardment Wing, 26 June – 26 August 1945
  • 1st Air Division, 20 September – 31 October 1945
406th Bombardment Squadron, 11 November 1943 – 7 February 1944
857th Bombardment Squadron, 11 June – 6 August 1945
652d Bombardment Squadron, 13 July – 25 October 1945
  • 36th Bombardment Squadron
Attached to 328th Service Group, assigned to RAF Watton, operated from Alconbury, 7 February-28 March 1944
Assigned to: 1st Bombardment Division, 28 February – 15 October 1945

United States Air Force

  • 7560th Air Base Squadron, 7 November 1954 – 25 March 1955
Redesignated: 7560th Air Base Group, 25 March 1955 – 25 August 1959
  • 86th Bombardment Squadron, 15 September 1955 – 5 August 1959
  • 42d Troop Carrier Squadron, 31 May – 8 December 1957
  • 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 25 April – 9 August 1959
  • 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 25 August 1959 – 20 August 1987
Redesignated: 10th Tactical Fighter Wing, 10 August 1987 – 31 March 1993
Redesignated: 10th Air Base Wing, 31 March 1993 – 1 October 1994
  • 527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron, 1 April 1976 – 14 July 1988
  • 17th Reconnaissance Wing, 1 October 1982 – 30 June 1991
Assigned to Strategic Air Command Eighth Air Force 7th Air Division
  • 39th Special Operations Wing, 1 December 1992 – 1 January 1993
  • 352d Special Operations Group, 1 January 1993 – 17 February 1995
  • 710th Air Base Wing, 1 October 1994 – 12 July 1995
  • 423rd Air Base Squadron, 12 July 1995 – 1 July 2005 (Based at RAF Molesworth)
Redesignated: 423rd Air Base Group, 1 July 2005 – present
  • 501st Combat Support Wing, 1 May 2007–present

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