List of USAF Provisional Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command
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Provisional Wings were United States Air Force
Strategic Air Command
wings that were established on paper to allow other Wings to provide support, both aircraft and personnel, at temporary locations outside the continental United States for periods of time such as during the Gulf War.
Provisional wings were created as paper organization
s overseas to provide air support to what ever operation was going on at the time. Real wings in the continental United States ('stateside') would supply aircraft and indivisuals to the provisional wing on a Temporary Duty (TDY
) basis, with the aircraft and personnel returned to their home unit after the TDY period was over.
The United States Air Force
's Provisional Wings included several Strategic Wings
created to support Strategic Air Command
operations during the Gulf War
of 1990-91.
, 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 & a few Supporting Tanker Aircraft), Kadena AB, Okinawa, (B-52 Bomber & the Primary Tanker Aircraft Base) & Kung Kuan (Later renamed:) / Ching Chuan Kang AB, Taiwan (A forward base for Tanker Operations) leaving a small caretaker force at the home base. The deployments were called ARC LIGHT Deployments, the first units deployed flew B-52F models that could carry 27 Internal 500 Lb bombs and 24 external 500 or 750 lb bombs for a total of 51 bombs, Theses were later replaced with the B-52D as the completed the Conventional Stores and weapons release modifications referred to as the "Big Belly" Modification. The "Big Belly aircraft were modified that 3 Internal Conventional Weapons Racks could be carried & released, increasing the weapons capability of 108 internal & external 500 lb bombs, depending on the targets requirements a mixture of 750 & 500 lb bombs were also carried, but there were two many configurations to list. The mission was considered so important that the wing on Guam at the time had to be manned 110% aircraft and personnel. Since no stateside wing was ever manned to 100% of its personnel, SAC HQ drew upon other stateside wings to send their personnel to augment the wing on Guam. A third B-52 Base was added in 1966 at U=Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand, using rotational aircraft and aircrews from Andersen AFB and Kadena AB. B-52's were withdrawn from Kadena in Sep 1970; and Andersen AFB reduced B-52 Operations to Maintenance and Alert Operations. The B-52D force were moved PCS to U-Tapao and the crew force was now shared by all Stateside B-52 Units (B-52G/H crews were required to attend a B-52D crew Replacement Training Course at Castle AFB, while en route to Thailand. This was standard operations until Jan 1972 when Linebacker I began and Guam became active in B-52 Combat Operations.
When the primary wing on Guam came home, another wing was sent, with the second wing deploying about 14 days later, and because they were not at 100% some personnel might be tapped to augment that wing for another 179 days Temporary Duty TDY. The 179 days was critical because any stay on excess of 179 days was considered a Permanent Change of Station PCS, This policy at times was wavered with the approval of Sec. of Defence mostly in 1972 with the requirement the PCS assignment would not be issued.
B-52F Wings Deployed
2nd Bombardment Wing (H) Barksdale AFB,LA.(Deployed under Project "Air Mail" B52 Deployed Alert Force); Feb 65 - Apr 65.
320th Bombardment Wing (H) Mather AFB,CA. Feb 65 - Jul 65; Dec 65 - Mar 66
7th Bombardment Wing (H) Carswell AFB,TX. 13 Apr 65 - 1 Dec 65
454th Bombardment Wing (H) Columbus AFB,MS. 16 Nov 65 - 31 Mar 66
The First Combat Mission was flown on 18 Jun 65 by the 7th & 320th BW's
B-52D Wings Deployed
22nd Bombardment Wing (H) March AFB,CA. 10 Mar 67 - 1 Oct 67
28th Bombardment Wing (H) Ellsworth AFB,SD. 15 Jan 68 - 19 Jul 68
70th Bombardment Wing (H) Clinton - Sherman AFB,OK. 1 Feb 68 - Sep 68
91st Bombardment Wing (H) Glasgow AFB,MT. 11 Sep 66 - 31 Mar 67
92nd Bombardment Wing (H) Fairchild AFB,WA. Mar 68 - Sep 68
96th Bombardment Wing (H) Dyess AFB,TX. 22 Jun 70 - 19 Sep 70
99th Bombardment Wing (H) Westover AFB,MA.1 Oct 67 - 1 Apr 68; 22 Sep 68 - 21 Mar 69; 15 Mar 70 - 22 Jun 70.
306th Bombardment Wing (H) McCoy AFB,FL. 6 Sep 66 - Apr 67; Sep 68 - Apr 69; Oct 69 - Apr 70
454th Bombardment Wing (H) Columbus AFB,MS. 27 Jun 67 - 23 Dec 67; 28 Jun 68 - 20 Dec 68
461st Bombardment Wing (H) Amarillo AFB,TX. 17 Jan 67 - 4 Jul 67
484th Bombardment Wing (H) Turner AFB,GA. 01 Apr 66 - 29 Sep 68
509th Bombardment Wing (H) Pease AFB,NH. 01 Apr 68 - 01 Oct 68
Established as the Strategic Wing, Provisional,72 on 1 June 1972 at Andersen AFB, Guam. The SW,P 72 flew 8,010 sorties over Cambodia and flew the last U.S. sorties of the Vietnam War on 15 August 1973.
Reference: Linebacker II A View from the Rock
USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series
Vol VI Monograph 6
Brig Gen. James R McCarthy
Lt Col. George B. Allison
ISBN: 0-912799-31-5
42 MMS, Loring AFB, Maine
Date: 5 January 1991
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
wings that were established on paper to allow other Wings to provide support, both aircraft and personnel, at temporary locations outside the continental United States for periods of time such as during the Gulf War.
Provisional wings were created as paper organization
Paper organization
A paper organization is any group which exists more in theory than reality. The term "paper organization" is used in two different contexts, that of the military and that of the labor movement.-Military:...
s overseas to provide air support to what ever operation was going on at the time. Real wings in the continental United States ('stateside') would supply aircraft and indivisuals to the provisional wing on a Temporary Duty (TDY
TDY
A temporary duty assignment , also known as "temporary additional duty" , "temporary duty travel" or "temporary duty" , refers to a United States Government employee travel assignment at a location other than the employee's permanent duty station. They are usually of relatively short duration,...
) basis, with the aircraft and personnel returned to their home unit after the TDY period was over.
The United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
's Provisional Wings included several Strategic Wings
Strategic Wings
During the tremendous U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command expansion of the early and mid-fifties, bases become overcrowded, with some of them supporting as many as 90 B-47s and 40 KC-97s. The first B-52 wings were also extremely large - composed of 45 bombers and 15 or 20 KC-135s, all situated on...
created to support Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
operations during the Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
of 1990-91.
Practice during Vietnam War
During the Vietnam WarVietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, 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 & a few Supporting Tanker Aircraft), Kadena AB, Okinawa, (B-52 Bomber & the Primary Tanker Aircraft Base) & Kung Kuan (Later renamed:) / Ching Chuan Kang AB, Taiwan (A forward base for Tanker Operations) leaving a small caretaker force at the home base. The deployments were called ARC LIGHT Deployments, the first units deployed flew B-52F models that could carry 27 Internal 500 Lb bombs and 24 external 500 or 750 lb bombs for a total of 51 bombs, Theses were later replaced with the B-52D as the completed the Conventional Stores and weapons release modifications referred to as the "Big Belly" Modification. The "Big Belly aircraft were modified that 3 Internal Conventional Weapons Racks could be carried & released, increasing the weapons capability of 108 internal & external 500 lb bombs, depending on the targets requirements a mixture of 750 & 500 lb bombs were also carried, but there were two many configurations to list. The mission was considered so important that the wing on Guam at the time had to be manned 110% aircraft and personnel. Since no stateside wing was ever manned to 100% of its personnel, SAC HQ drew upon other stateside wings to send their personnel to augment the wing on Guam. A third B-52 Base was added in 1966 at U=Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand, using rotational aircraft and aircrews from Andersen AFB and Kadena AB. B-52's were withdrawn from Kadena in Sep 1970; and Andersen AFB reduced B-52 Operations to Maintenance and Alert Operations. The B-52D force were moved PCS to U-Tapao and the crew force was now shared by all Stateside B-52 Units (B-52G/H crews were required to attend a B-52D crew Replacement Training Course at Castle AFB, while en route to Thailand. This was standard operations until Jan 1972 when Linebacker I began and Guam became active in B-52 Combat Operations.
When the primary wing on Guam came home, another wing was sent, with the second wing deploying about 14 days later, and because they were not at 100% some personnel might be tapped to augment that wing for another 179 days Temporary Duty TDY. The 179 days was critical because any stay on excess of 179 days was considered a Permanent Change of Station PCS, This policy at times was wavered with the approval of Sec. of Defence mostly in 1972 with the requirement the PCS assignment would not be issued.
B-52F Wings Deployed
2nd Bombardment Wing (H) Barksdale AFB,LA.(Deployed under Project "Air Mail" B52 Deployed Alert Force); Feb 65 - Apr 65.
320th Bombardment Wing (H) Mather AFB,CA. Feb 65 - Jul 65; Dec 65 - Mar 66
7th Bombardment Wing (H) Carswell AFB,TX. 13 Apr 65 - 1 Dec 65
454th Bombardment Wing (H) Columbus AFB,MS. 16 Nov 65 - 31 Mar 66
The First Combat Mission was flown on 18 Jun 65 by the 7th & 320th BW's
B-52D Wings Deployed
22nd Bombardment Wing (H) March AFB,CA. 10 Mar 67 - 1 Oct 67
28th Bombardment Wing (H) Ellsworth AFB,SD. 15 Jan 68 - 19 Jul 68
70th Bombardment Wing (H) Clinton - Sherman AFB,OK. 1 Feb 68 - Sep 68
91st Bombardment Wing (H) Glasgow AFB,MT. 11 Sep 66 - 31 Mar 67
92nd Bombardment Wing (H) Fairchild AFB,WA. Mar 68 - Sep 68
96th Bombardment Wing (H) Dyess AFB,TX. 22 Jun 70 - 19 Sep 70
99th Bombardment Wing (H) Westover AFB,MA.1 Oct 67 - 1 Apr 68; 22 Sep 68 - 21 Mar 69; 15 Mar 70 - 22 Jun 70.
306th Bombardment Wing (H) McCoy AFB,FL. 6 Sep 66 - Apr 67; Sep 68 - Apr 69; Oct 69 - Apr 70
454th Bombardment Wing (H) Columbus AFB,MS. 27 Jun 67 - 23 Dec 67; 28 Jun 68 - 20 Dec 68
461st Bombardment Wing (H) Amarillo AFB,TX. 17 Jan 67 - 4 Jul 67
484th Bombardment Wing (H) Turner AFB,GA. 01 Apr 66 - 29 Sep 68
509th Bombardment Wing (H) Pease AFB,NH. 01 Apr 68 - 01 Oct 68
Strategic Wing, Provisional,72
- Established: 1 June 1972.
- Equipment 100 B-52G's
- At: Andersen AFB, Guam.
- Assigned to the Air Division, Provisional,57
- Assigned Squadrons
- Bombardment Squadron, Provisional, 64
- Bombardment Squadron, Provisional, 65
- Bombardment Squadron, Provisional,329
- Bombardment Squadron, Provisional,486
- Discontinued on: 15 November 1973.
Established as the Strategic Wing, Provisional,72 on 1 June 1972 at Andersen AFB, Guam. The SW,P 72 flew 8,010 sorties over Cambodia and flew the last U.S. sorties of the Vietnam War on 15 August 1973.
Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Wing, Provisional,303
- Established: 1 June 1972.
- Maintain all Guam Based B-52D/B52G and all Transit/Alert KC-135 Aircraft
- At: Andersen AFB, Guam.
- Assigned to the Air Division, Provisional,57
- Assigned Squadrons
- 3rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron (Until: 01 Oct 1972)
- 43rd Avionics Maintenance Squadron
- 43rd Field Maintenance Squadron
- 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron (After: 01 Oct 1972)
- 43rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron
- Discontinued on: 15 November 1973.
Strategic Wing, Provisional,310
- Established: 1 June 1972.
- Equipment All Thaland Based "Young Tiger" KC-135A Aircraft
- At: Andersen AFB, Guam.
- Assigned to the Air Division, Provisional,17
- Assigned Squadrons
- Air Refueling Squadron, Provisional, 901 (U-Tapao)
- Air Refueling Squadron, Provisional, 902 (U-Tapao)
- Air Refueling Squadron, Provisional, 4101 (Takhli)
- Air Refueling Squadron, Provisional, 4103 (Don Maung / Bangkok IAP)
- Air Refueling Squadron, Provisional, 4104 (Korat)
- Discontinued on: 1 Jul 1974.
Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Wing, Provisional,340
- Established: 1 June 1972.
- Maintain all U-Tapao Based B-52D/ KC-135 Aircraft
- At: U-Tapao AFB, Thailand.
- Assigned to the Air Division, Provisional,17
- Assigned Squadrons
- 307th Avionics Maintenance Squadron
- 307th Field Maintenance Squadron
- 307th Munitions Maintenance Squadron
- 307th Organizational Maintenance Squadron
- Discontinued on: 01 Jul 1974.
Reference: Linebacker II A View from the Rock
USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series
Vol VI Monograph 6
Brig Gen. James R McCarthy
Lt Col. George B. Allison
ISBN: 0-912799-31-5
801st Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 19 December 1990
- At: Moron AB, Spain
- Equipment: KC-135s
- From 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA
801st Bomb Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 16 January 1991`
- At: Moron AB, Spain
- Equipment: B-52Gs (6)
- From: 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA
- Date: 17 January 1991
- Equipment: B-52Gs (2)
- From: 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY
- Date 19 January 1991
- Equipment: B-52Gs (10)
- From: 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI
806th Bomb Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 5 February 1991
- At: RAF FairfordRAF FairfordRAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England. It is a standby airfield, not in everyday use. Its most prominent use in recent years has been as an airfield for United States Air Force B-52s during the 2003 Iraq War, Operation Allied Force in 1999, and the first Gulf War in...
, England (Attached to 7th Air Division).- Equipment: B-52Gs
- From: 2d Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA, 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI, 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY, 97th Bomb Wing, Eaker AFB, AR
42 MMS, Loring AFB, Maine
802nd Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 19 December 1990
- At: Lajes AB, Lisbon, Portugal (Attached to 7th Air Division).
- Equipment: KC-135s (from 97 BW Eaker AFB, 2 BW Barksdale AFB, 92 BW Fairchild AFB, 7 BW Carlswell AFB), KC-10s (from 2 BW Barksdale AFB)
804th Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 21 December 1990
- At: Incirlik, Turkey (Attached to 7th Air Division).
- Equipment: KC-135s
1500th Strategic Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 1 October 1990
- At: Anderson AFB, Guam
- Equipment: B-52Gs
1700th Strategic Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 11 August 1990
- At: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: RC-135s (4), TR-1s, U-2.
- From: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE
- Date: 12 August 1990
- Equipment: B-52Gs (7)
- From: 69th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME
1701st Strategic Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 14 August 1990
- At: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: KC-135Rs (10).
- From: 90th Air Refueling Squadron, 19th Air Refueling Wing, Robbins AFB, GA
1701st Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 11 August 1990
- At: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: KC-135Es (16)
- From: 117th Air Refueling Squadron, 190th Air Refueling Group, Forbes ANGB, KS, 452 Air Refueling Wing March AFB CA
- Date:6 September 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Rs(2)
- From: 19th Air Refueling Wing, Robbins AFB, GA.
- Date: 24 September 1990
- Equipment:: KC-10As (2)
- From: 68th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
- Date: 31 December 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Es (3)
- From: 68th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
- Date: 1 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-135Es (3)
- From: 145th Air Refueling Squadron, 160th Air Refueling Group, Rickenbacker ANGB, IN.
- Date: 3 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-135Es (10)
- From: 108th Air Refueling Squadron, 126th Air Refueling Wing,O’Hare ANGB, IL.
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- Equipment: KC-135Es (10),
- From: 117th Air Refueling Squadron, 190th Air Refueling Group, Forbes ANGB, KS.
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- Equipment: KC-135Es (8)
- From: 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh ANGB, PA.
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- Equipment: KC135Es (3)
- From: 134th Air Refueling Group, McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN
- Date: 4 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-135Es (3)
- From: 145th Air Refueling Squadron, 160th Air Refueling Group, Rickenbacker ANGB, OH
Date: 5 January 1991
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- Equipment KC-135Es (2)
- From: 336th Air Refueling Squadron, 452nd Air Refueling Wing, March AFB, CA
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- Equipment: KC-135Es (4)
- From: 72nd Air Refueling Squadron,424th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom AFB, IN.
- Date: 6 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-135Es (4)
- From: 336th Air Refueling Squadron, 452nd Air Refueling Wing, March AFB, CA.
- Date:13 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-10As (8)
- From: 68th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
- Date:15 January 1991
- Equipment:KC-10As (3)
- From:22nd Air Refueling Wing, March AFB, CA.
- Date: 16 January 1991
- Equipment: KC-135Es (4)
- From: 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor ANGB, ME
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- Equipment: B-52Gs (6)
- From: Anderson AFB, Guam
1702nd Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 28 Aug 1990
- At: Seeb, Oman.
- Equipment: KC-135Rs(1).
- From: 41st Air Refueling Squadron, 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY
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- Equipment: KC-135R(1)
- From: 301st Air Refueling Squadron, 301st Air Refueling Wing,Malstrom AFB, MT.
- Date: 29 Aug 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Rs(3)
- From: 905th Air Refueling Squadron, 319th Bomb Wing. Grand Forks AFB, ND.
- Date: 23 September 1990
1703rd Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 13 August 1990
- At: King Khalid, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: KC-135Rs (10)
- From: 306th and 11th Air Refueling Squadrons, 340th Air Refueling Wing, Altus AFB, OK
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- Equipment: B-52Gs (7)
- From: 69th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.
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- Equipment:KC-135Rs (10)
- From: 305th and 70th Air Refueling Squadrons, 305th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom AFB, IN.
- Date: 14 October 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Qs (3)
- From: 380th Bomb Wing,Plattsburg AFB, NY
- Date: 21 October 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Rs (3)
- From: 380th Air Refueling Squadron, 380th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY (Now Closed)
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- Equipment: KC-135Rs (3)
- From: 379th Air Refueling Squadron, 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.
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- Equipment: KC-135Rs (3)
- From: 410th Air Refueling Squadron, 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI
- Date: 28 October 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Rs (3)
- From: 410th Air Refueling Squadron, 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.
- Date 27 December 1990
- Equipment: KC-155Rs(3)
- From:905th Air Rerfueling Squadron, 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.
- Deployed Forward from 1706 Air Refueling Wing
1706th Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 28 September 1990
- At: Cario West, Egypt
- Equipment: KC-155Rs(3)
- From:905th Air Rerfueling Squadron, 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.
- Date:9 October 1990
- Equipment:KC-135R
- From:9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB< CA.
- Date: 30 December 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Es (10)
- From: 126th Air Refueling Squadron, 128th Air Refueling Group, Volk ANGB, WI
- Date: 31 December 1990
- Equipment: KC-135Es (3)
- From: 116th Air Refueling Squadron, 141st Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA
1708th Bomb Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 14 August 1990
- At: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: B-52Gs(18)
- From: 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI; 69th and 328th Bomb Squadrons, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.
- Date: 21 December 1990
- Equipment: B-52Gs
- From: 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI; 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA; 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME; 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA; 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY
1709th Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 19 December 1990
- At: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Equipment: KC-135s
1712th Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 19 December 1990
- At: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Equipment: KC`-135Es
1713th Air Refueling Wing (P) Provisional
- Date: 19 December 1990
- At: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Equipment: KC-135Es
- From: 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGee Tyson ANGB, TN
Bombardment Wing (Provisional), 4133
- Activated on: 1 February 1966.
- At: Andersen AFB, Guam.
- Assigned: 3rd Air Division
- Assigned to: Strategic Air Command, (attached to 3rd Air Division from 1 February 1966 to 1 April 1970.
- Equipment: ARC LIGHT Deployed B-52s.
- Inactivated on: 1 July 1970.
4300th Bomb Wing (P) (Provisional)
- Date: 17 January 1991
- At: Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean
- Equipment: B-52Gs (6)
- From: 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME, 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB WA, and 93rd Bomb Wing Castle AFB CA