USAF Strategic Aerospace Wings assigned to SAC

6th Strategic Aerospace Wing

  • Redesignated on: 1 May 1962.
  • At: Walker AFB, NM.
  • Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force,47th Strategic Aerospace Division.
  • Equipment: B-52s, KC-135s, Atlas.
  • Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force,22nd Air Division on 1 July 1963.
  • Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force,12th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1965.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-52s, KC-135s.
  • Redesignated on: 25 March 1967 as 6th Strategic Wing.

9th Strategic Aerospace Wing “Always Ready”

  • Activated on: 1 April 1962.
  • At: Mountain Home AFB, ID.
  • Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 813th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 April 1962.
  • Equipment: B-47s, KC-97s, EB-47, Titan Is.
  • Reassigned to: 14th Strategic Aerospace Division on 25 June 1966.
  • Moved to: Beale AFB, CA. in 1966.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-47s, SR-71s.
  • Redesignated on: 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 24 June 1966.

40th Strategic Aerospace Wing

  • Redesignated on: 1 February 1964.
  • At: Forbes AFB, KS.
  • Assigned to: Second Air Force, 21st Strategic Aerospace Division.
  • Equipment: B-47s, Atlas Es.
  • Discontinued on: 1 September 1964.

92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing "Twofold Security"

  • Redesignated on: 15 February 1962.
  • At: Fairchild AFB, WA.
  • Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division.
  • Equipment: B-52s, KC-135s, Atlas.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-52s, KC-135s.
  • Attached to: 14th Strategic Aerospace Division from 15 June 1968 to 1 July 1968).
  • Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division on 2 July 1968.
  • Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 4th Strategic Aerospace Division on 31 March 1970.
  • Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 47th Air Division on 30 June 1971.
  • Redesignated on: 31 March 1972 as 92nd Bomb Wing.

96th Strategic Aerospace Wing "It is Always the Hour"

  • Redesignated on: 1 April 1962.
  • At: Dyess AFB, TX.
  • Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 819th Strategic Aerospace Division.
  • Equipment: B-47s, Atlas.
  • Changed equipment in: 1963 to B-47s, B-52s, Atlas.
  • Changed equipment in: 1964 to B-52s, Atlas.
  • Changed equipment in: 1965 to B-52s, KC-135s, Atlas.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 819th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1965.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to B-52s, KC-135s.
  • Assigned to: Second Air Force, 19th Air Division on 2 July 1966.
  • Redesignated on: 1972 as 96th Bomb Wing.

98th Strategic Aerospace Wing "Force for Freedsom"

  • Redesignated on: 1 February 1964.
  • Assigned to: Second Air Force, 818th Strategic Aerospace Division.
  • At: Lincoln AFB, NE.
  • Equipment: B-47s, Atlas.
  • Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 810th Strategic Aerospace Division on 25 March 1965.
  • Changed equipment in: 1966 to KC-135s (attached), Atlas.
  • Inactivated on: 25 June 1966.