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451st Bomb Group B-24 # 44-50443 displaying 49th bomb wing markings over Germany, March 19, 1945. The upper tail surface and circle were red in color. In June, 1944, the Fifteenth Air Force adopted a color-symbol scheme to identify its groups and wings.
It was decided to redesignate the wing as the 49th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) and prepare it to command Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomb groups as part of Fifteenth Air Force in late 1943. Groups assigned to the wing were the 461st and 484th Bombardment Groups , training at Hammer Field , California and Harvard Army Air Field , Nebraska.
49th Bombardment Squadron 96th Bombardment Squadron 429th Bombardment Squadron (1958–1962)* Wing transferred to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana in 1963; 20th BS converted to B-52F Stratofortress. 9th Bombardment Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Fifteenth Air Force, 1 Nov 1952 – 15 Mar 1963, B-47B/E; EB-47E** 1st Bombardment Squadron 5th Bombardment ...
98th Bomb Wing established on: 28 May 1948. Activated on: 12 July 1948. At: Fairchild AFB, WA. Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force on 12 July 1948. (Attached to the 92nd Bomb Wing from 12 July 1948 to 15 April 1950). Equipment: B-29s. Reassigned to: Second Air Force on 16 May 1950. (Remained attached to 92nd Bomb Wing).
49th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (later, 49th Bombardment Wing) 31 Mar 43-16 Oct 45: redesignated 49th Air Division in 1951 [76] 50th Transport Wing (later, 50th Troop Carrier Wing) 8 Jan 41-31 Jul 46: redesignated 50th Air Division in 1959 [77] 51st Transport Wing (later, 51st Troop Carrier Wing) 1 Jun 42-5 Jan 48
Constituted in the Army Air Service as the 49th Squadron (Bombardment) on 14 March 1921; Re-designated as the 49th Squadron (Bombardment) on 14 March 1921. Attached to the 1st Provisional Air Brigade 6 May – 3 October 1921, while supporting the battleship bombing tests off the Virginia coast. Transferred on 30 June 1922, to Langley Field ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...
In October 1977, the wing ended its "dual-base" commitment to NATO and changed to an air superiority mission with the wing beginning a conversion from the F-4D Phantom II to the F-15A Eagle; the 49th being the second USAF operational wing to receive the F-15A. Capt Thomas Vanderheyden was the initial pilot to start F-15 conversion.