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       During World War II, the bomb group was the basic operational unit.  It was assigned to a wing and it often failed to provide needed support.  This was changed by the 1946 Hobson Plan in which the Wing was elevated to the status of primary operational unit. It was given the same numeric designation as the combat group.  With a few exceptions, one wing was assigned to a base. The wing was assigned four groups: combat, maintenance and supply, facilities (base maintenance) and medical.  The combat group carried out day-to-day flight operations. 
     On January 4, 1952, the SAC emblem was approved.  On June 16, 1952, all of the bomb groups were inactivated.  With the interim unit gone, the wing commander became the direct combat commander.  These factors triggered the abandonment of old WWII group patches to newly designed wing patches.  

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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
DELETE
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