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4081st Strategic Wing

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The 4081st Strategic Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Strategic Air Command, Eighth Air Force, 45th Air Division, based at Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, Canada. Inactivated on 25 June 1966

4081st Strategic Wing
Active1957-1966
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeProvisional MAJCOM organization
Part ofStrategic Air Command

History

Lineage

  • Established as 4081st Strategic Wing on 1 April 1957.
Activated on 1 April 1957.
Wing in provisional status, controlled by: Strategic Air Command
Inactivated and disbanded on 25 Jun 1966.

Assignments

Components

Stations

Operations

The 4081st SW operated [{B-52 Stratofortress]]es from Harmon AFB as a dispersal base to more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike. The wing was inactivated in 1966 with the closedown of Harmon AFB.

References

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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