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The origins of the 416th Bombardment Wing begin on 1 August 1958 when Strategic Air Command established the 4039th Strategic Wing at Griffiss AFB, New York [10] as part of SAC's plan to disperse its B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet ...
The 416th Bombardment Wing (416 BW), a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52G Stratofortress and KC-135R Stratotanker wing that conducted strategic bombardment readiness, conventional bombardment operations and air refueling operations on a global scale, was based at Griffiss AFB. 416 BW crews and aircraft deployed to the Pacific during the Vietnam ...
During the Vietnam War, starting in 1965, SAC would deploy over two complete Bombardment Wings including Bombardment Squadrons, Air Refueling Squadrons, including the Maintenance & Support Squadrons and their personnel to Andersen AFB, Guam (B-52 Bomber and a few supporting tanker aircraft), Kadena AB, Okinawa, (B-52 Bomber & the Primary Tanker Aircraft Base) & Kung Kuan (Later renamed ...
The 806th BW (P) was formed around a cadre of air and ground crews provided by the 97th Bombardment Wing, Eaker AFB, Arkansas. It consisted of a total of 11 B-52G Stratofortresses, also being drawn from the 668th BS/416th BW at Griffiss AFB, New York; 596th BS/2d BW, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and the 328th BS/93d BW at Castle AFB, California.
August 1985 – July 1988, aircraft commander, squadron flight scheduler, instructor pilot and Chief of Bomber Training, 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, New York August 1988 – September 1991, line instructor, aircraft commander, standards and evaluations pilot, and Strategic Air Command instrument school instructor pilot, 93rd Bomb Wing ...
At: Griffiss AFB, NY. Assigned to: Eighth Air Force. Equipment: B-52s. Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force. 820th Air Division on 5 January 1959; Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force, 6th Air Division on 1 April 1961. Inactivated on: 1 February 1963. Resources absorbed by 416th Bombardment Wing in 1963.
After an inflight engine failure, on 8 May, a B-52G (tail number 59‑2574) from the 416th Bombardment Wing, Griffiss AFB, New York overran the runway and crashed after aquaplaning during landing. While flying a low altitude route, one of the engines on the left wing malfunctioned and was shut down. On final approach to Griffiss, the co-pilot ...
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).