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Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s Eighth Air Force at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated on 25 June 1965. The division was activated as the 820th Air Division in 1956 to command the two Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings planned for Plattsburgh.
KC-97 refueling B-47 Stratojet. The 380th Air Refueling Squadron was first activated in the summer of 1954 at Lincoln Air Force Base, Nebraska.It moved to Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York in 1956 with Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters providing air refueling to SAC B-47s and other USAF aircraft as directed.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km 2) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlington, Vermont, in the town of Plattsburgh, New York.
Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989 (McConnell AFB section) Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 ...
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York. 416th Bombardment Wing: 2 September 1966 – 2 July 1969; ... Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1956–1966; Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter ...
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, 1 January 1971 – 1 September 1991 [23] ... Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1955–1966 [20] General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark, 1971 ...
Namesake: Brig Gen Edward Fitzgerald Beale Second Air Force 1991–1992, 14th Air Division 1960–1962, 14th Air Division 1972–1991. 14th Strategic Aerospace Division 1962–1972.
KC-97G AF Ser. No. 52-2728 of the 380th Air Refueling Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB, New York, suffered failure of lubrication on an engine impeller shaft during an evening four-hour training mission to refuel a Boeing B-47 Stratojet. During rendezvous at 15,500 feet, the tanker's number one (port outer) powerplant caught fire.