Boeing B-29/50 Superfortress - Deployment
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2nd Bombardment Wing
Hunter AFB, GA
1949-1953
2nd BG 1948 - June 16, 1952
20, 49, 98 BSs 2 ARS
5th Reconnaissance Wing???
Travis AFB, CA
1949-1951
5th SRG 1949 - June 16, 1952
23, 31, 72 SRSs
6th Bombardment Wing
Walker AFB, NM
1951-1952
6th BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
24, 39, 40 BSs 307 ARS
Trained in B-29s for
six months in 1946, but
never assigned any aircraft
Never an operational unit
7th Bombardment Wing
Carswell AFB, TX
1946 - June 16, 1952
7th BG 1947-1952
Training.  No assigned squadrons
9th Bombardment Wing
Travis AFB, NM / Mt. Home AFB, ID
1949-1954
9th BG 1949 - June 16, 1952
1, 5, 99 BSs 9 ARS
11th Bombardment Wing
 
19th Bombardment Wing
Andersen AFB, Guam
1948 / 1954
Not SAC.  20th AF, FEAT
22nd Bombardment Wing
March AFB, CA
1949-1953
22nd BG 1948 - June 16, 1952
2, 19, 33 BSs, 22 ARS
28th Bombardment Wing
Ellsworth AFB, SD
1946-1950
28th BG 1947 - June 16, 1952
77, 717, 718 BSs
40th Bombardment Wing
Schilling AFB, KS
1953-1954
Group - None
25, 44, 45 BS
43rd Bombardment Wing 
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
1946-1954     
Group 1947- June 16, (sic) 1951
63, 64, 65 BSs 43 ARS
44th Bombardment Wing 
Chennault AFB, LA
1951-1953
44 BG 1951- June 16, 1952
66, 67, 68 BSs
 
55th Strategic Recon Wing
Ramey AFB, PR
1948-1954
55th SRG 1949 - June 16, 1952
38, 323, 338th SRS
68th Bombardment Wing
Chennault AFB, LA
1951-1953
68 BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
24, 51, 52 BSs
 
90th Bombardment Wing
Forbes AFB, KS
1951-1954
Group 1951 - June 16, 1952
319, 320, 321 BSs
91st Strategic Recon Wing
Lockbourne AFB, OH
1948-1953
91st SRG 1948- May 28, 1952.
323, 324, 338 SRS, 91 ARS
92nd Bombardment Wing
Fairchild AFB, WA
1946-1952
92nd BG 1947- June 16, 1952
325, 326, 327 BSs
93rd Bombardment Wing
Castle AFB, CA
1946-1954
93rd BG 1947-June 16, 1952
328, 329, 330 BSs, 93 ARS
97th  Bombardment Wing 
Biggs AFB, TX
1946-1956
97th BG  1947 - June 16, 1952.
340, 341, 342, BSs 97 ARS
98th  Bomb Wing
Spokane AFB, WA
1950-1954
98th BG 1947- June 16, 1952
343, 344, 345 BSs
301st Bombardment Wing
Barksdale AFB, LA
1946-1953
301st BG 1947- June 16, 1952
32, 301, 352, 353 BSs
303rd Bombardment Wing
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
1951-1953
303 BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
358, 359 360 BSs, 303 ARS
305th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1951-1953
305th BG 1951- June 16, 1952
305, 364, 365, 366 BSs
306th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1950-1951
306th BG 1950 - June 16, 1952
367, 368, 369 BSs
307th Bombardment Wing
MacDill AFB, FL
1946-1954
307th BG 1947- June 16, 1952
370, 371, 372 BSs
308th Bombardment Wing
Forbes AFB, KS / Hunter AFB, GA
1951-1953
308th BG 1951 - June 16, 1952
373, 374, 375 BSs
310th Bombardment Wing
Schilling AFB, KS
1952-1954
No Group
379, 380, 381 BSs
320th Bombardment Wing
March AFB, CA
1952-1953
No Group
441, 442, 443 BSS
376th Bombardment Wing
Barksdale AFB, LA
1951-1954
376th BG  1951 - June 16, 1952
512, 513, 514 BSs
 

 
 

509th Bombardment Wing
1946-1954
509th Group Nov. 17 1947- June 16, 1952
393, 661, 830 BSs, 509 ARS