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42nd Air Base Wing
Chief Master Sergeant Lee E. Hoover Jr.
Insignia
42nd Air Base Wing emblem (approved 16 April 1954)[1][note 1]
42nd Bombardment Group emblem (approved on 11 March 1942)[2]

The 42nd Air Base Wing is a

wing's primary mission is to support all activities of Air University, the 908th Airlift Wing
and other tenant units stationed at Maxwell-Gunter.

The wing was first activated shortly before the beginning of

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The 42nd was inactivated in Japan in the spring of 1946 after serving as part of the occupation
forces there.

The 42nd Bombardment Wing was initially activated in 1953 with

First Gulf War. The wing was consolidated with the group into a single unit in 1985. The consolidated unit was inactivated when its home station, Loring Air Force Base
, closed in 1994.

The wing was activated several months later as 42nd Air Base Wing, replacing the

502nd Air Base Wing as the host organization for Maxwell Air Force Base (now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base), Alabama. It has supported all Air Force units in the Montgomery, Alabama
region since that time.

Mission

As of July 2022, the 42nd Air Base Wing is commanded by Col Ryan E. Richardson [1]. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant as of May 2021 is Chief Master Sergeant Lee E. Hoover Jr. [2]. The wing is the host unit for

Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base. It provides the foundation for Air University, the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force; the 908th Airlift Wing; the Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate; and more than 30 tenant units.[3]

The wing ensures airmen are ready to deploy in support of U.S. military operations worldwide and promotes their professional and personal growth. The wing is also responsible for the safety and security of the base, which it accomplishes through force protection, maintaining and modernizing facilities and infrastructure, and seeking efficient new ways of conducting operations. It supports more than 12,500 active duty, reserve, civilian and contractor personnel.[3]

Units

42nd Mission Support Group

The 42nd Mission Support Group consists of over 2,200 military and civilian employees organized into five squadrons and one flight. The group provides contracting, security, civil engineering, operations/airfield support, personnel, communications, transportation, supply, fuels and services for 45,000 personnel. In addition, the group is responsible for maintaining a $2.2 billion physical plant including 4,106 acres, 859 buildings, 2,300 lodging rooms, utilities and communications. The group oversees Team ITT, which provides base operating support services through a multi-year contract.[4]

42nd Medical Group

The 42nd Medical Group manages an ambulatory healthcare facility offering family health, pediatrics, internal medicine, physical therapy, flight medicine, chiropractic, trainee health, optometry, mental health and dental services to eligible beneficiaries. Ancillary services include pharmacy, radiology, a referral management center and a laboratory.[5]

World War II

B-18 as assigned to the group for training

The 42nd Bombardment Group was first activated at

group was without aircraft and spent its time in ground training and adding personnel to bring it up to strength. Shortages of equipment in the pre-war Army meant that even drill was performed with broomsticks taking the place of rifles.[7]

Martin B-26, first combat aircraft of the group.

In May the group began its move to Army Air Base, Boise (later named

Patterson Field, Ohio, where they participated in the service testing of the Marauder. Once the testing was complete, the group began to pick up brand-new B-26s at the Martin plant.[7]

A-29 Hudson as used by the group on antisubmarine patrols

Following the

Lockheed A-29 Hudsons for its antisubmarine work, but also flew several other types.[12]

Meanwhile, a number of the senior officers of the group headquarters moved to

28th Composite Group.[12][14]

While antisubmarine patrols continued, the group trained

Hickam Field on the first leg of this shipment.[15]

The group's ground echelon assembled at

Noumea on 27 and 28 March.[15]

Combat in the Pacific

Rabaul under air attack by B-25s of ComAirSols

The air echelon arrived at

Chance Vought F4U Corsairs flying top cover, struck the support areas of Vila Airfield, on Kolombangara.[19]

The 42nd attacked Japanese

airfields, personnel areas, gun positions, and shipping. Shipping attacks relied on what were referred to as "snooper" missions, armed reconnaissance sorties, flown at night, searching for Japanese shipping to attack. On 20 July, the group made a successful attack on Japanese combatant ships:

"[E]ight Mitchells of the 69th Squadron ... on all night shipping alert were dispatched to intercept the Tokyo Express making its way down the Slot . . . The force, sighted by [a Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina ] Black Cat patrol plane earlier in the evening, was estimated to consist of four destroyers, one light cruiser, and an unknown number of transports. . . [U]nder a bright tropical moon which adequately illuminated the target, [the B-25s] launched their attacks. Repeated skip-bombing attacks, with quarter-ton bombs driven into the face of a terrific barrage of automatic weapons fire from the warships, were observed by the Mitchell crews and the naval crews aboard the patrol plane to have accomplished the following results: Enemy losses-one light cruiser left burning and dead in the water; two direct hits scored on a destroyer, causing large explosions and certain destruction; damaging hits or near misses on a 300-foot freighter. Our losses: one Mitchell shot down by antiaircraft." At 0720 eight Mitchells of the 390th Squadron found the cruiser damaged in the previous night's action creeping to friendly waters at a speed of 2 knots. Although sorely wounded, her defense was still vicious, pouring anti-aircraft fire from at least 30 stations. Feints at various quarters divided the fire and allowed individual planes to launch masthead attacks. Lieut. Schauffler ended the fray when one of his bombs exploded in the ship's magazine. Two minutes later she slipped into the depths, carrying with her at least 75% of her crew."[20]

During most of this period, the group could maintain only two squadrons in the Solomons at a time, and at the end of July 1943, the 70th and 75th squadrons moved forward, while the 69th and 390th moved to rear areas to refit.

Renard Field.[21] Russell Islands. Shortly thereafter, the 75th squadron moved to Renard as well.[21]

In December 1943, a shipment of 440 enlisted men and ten officers arrived from advanced B-25 training, mostly at

106th Reconnaissance Squadron (soon renamed the 100th Bombardment Squadron).[23] It began using the new airfield on Stirling Island as a staging point for strikes in early January and relocated there before the end of the month.[24] Until July 1944, the group engaged primarily in the neutralization of enemy airfields and harbor facilities on New Britain, but also supported ground forces on Bougainville Island and attacked shipping in the northern Solomons and the Bismarck Archipelago.[6]

New Guinea

B-25 Mitchells from the 42nd Bombardment Group over Bougainville, 1944

In July 1944, the group air echelon began moving to New Guinea and the

Far East Air Forces to accomplish different operations.[2]

Philippines

The group moved to the

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.[2]

The 42nd was awarded a

Australian Seventh Division was able to come ashore without enemy opposition.[28] The group continued to support Australian forces in Borneo after this mission, augmented by the B-25s of the 38th Bombardment Group of Fifth Air Force.[29]

The group's final combat action of World War II was attacking isolated Japanese units on

Itami Air Base, Japan as part of the occupation forces at the start of 1946. At Itami, the unit began preparations to convert to Douglas A-26 Invaders, but it was inactivated there on 10 May 1946.[6][31]

Cold War

The 42nd Bombardment Wing was first activated on 25 February 1953 at

7th Bombardment Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas and of the 4215th Air Base Squadron, which had overseen the construction of Loring as a heavy bomber base since 1950.[1][32] The wing was assigned the 69th, 70th, and 75th Bombardment Squadrons, which had been assigned to the 42nd Bombardment Group at the end of World War II, although initially only the 69th could be manned.[1][8][16][17]

The 69th began training with the Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft in April, followed by the 70th, which received manning in May and commenced flying in July. By 13 August all three operational squadrons were flying the Peacemaker.[1][33] The wing was declared combat ready on 7 January 1954.[34] Once combat ready, elements of the wing deployed to RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Burtonwood in England. The entire wing deployed to Upper Heyford from 18 October to 18 November 1955.[2]

The 42nd continued to grow in manpower during the next few years.

Boeing KC-97G Stratotankers to rendezvous with faster Boeing B-47 Stratojets crossing the Atlantic.[2][36] On 14 August 1954, the last B-36J accepted by SAC was delivered to the wing.[37] The wing's experience with the B-36 was short, however, as it became the first wing to convert from the B-36 to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.[38][note 3]

42nd Bombardment Wing B-52s and a Mark 60 antisubmarine mine

Although a B-52 had arrived at Loring in January 1956 for cold weather testing, the first B-52C assigned to the wing landed at Loring on 16 June 1956 and was christened "The State of Maine"[39] with a bottle containing water from both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as a symbol of the aircraft's range.[34][40] The last C model had been accepted by December. All 35 B-52Cs in the Air Force inventory were initially delivered to the 42nd. By the end of the year, the wing replaced the older B-36s and was combat ready with the Stratofortresses.[40] On 24 and 25 November 1956, in an operation known as Quick Kick, four B-52Cs of the 42nd joined four B-52Bs of the 93rd Bombardment Wing for a nonstop flight around the perimeter of North America. Four in-flight refuelings by Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters were required for the 13,500-nautical-mile (25,000 km) journey.[41]

KC-135A at Loring AFB

In the fall, the wing began to receive B-52Ds to replace its C series aircraft. However, crew training lagged behind the delivery of new bombers and at the end of the year the wing had only sixteen combat ready crews.

Goose Air Base, Labrador during this period.[2]

In the late 1950s SAC began a program to disperse its Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike.

4039th Strategic Wing in October 1959.[8]

Starting in 1960, one third of the wing's aircraft were maintained on fifteen-minute alert, fully fueled, armed and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. This was increased to half the wing's aircraft in 1962.[45] The strike capability of the wing increased starting in December 1960, when AGM-28 Hound Dog and ADM-20 Quail missiles were added to the wing inventory.[46]

In January 1962, the wing began to participate in

Thule, Greenland Ballistic Missile Early Warning System site. Tasking to support these two operations typically lasted from thirty to sixty days during which the wing maintained two B-52s airborne at all times. The wing's 42nd Air Refueling Squadron provided air refueling for aircraft flying Chrome Dome missions.[47]

Cold War tensions between the United States and Russia came to a head in October 1962. President John F. Kennedy informed the American public that the Soviet Union had installed missile sites in Cuba from which it could strike the United States. As a result, SAC canceled flying training and increased the size of its ground and airborne alert forces.[46] The wing launched four B-52s on Chrome Dome and Hard Head VI missions, established the Loring Tanker Task Force, and aircraft not supporting airborne alert were put on ground alert. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, wing bombers flew 132 airborne alert missions and its tankers flew 214 air refueling missions, transferring almost 24 million pounds of fuel to the B-52s.[47]

In February 1965, wing involvement in the

Homestead Air Force Base, Florida as Tactical Air Command took over Homestead from SAC.[48] The 407th joined the 42nd to support Young Tiger Task Force missions. In the same period, the wing deployed aircraft, aircrews, and support personnel periodically in support of Operation Arc Light and other operations in Southeast Asia. The 42nd maintained dispersed tankers on alert at McGuire Air Force Base, in its Detachment 1 from 1 January 1970 through early 1975.[47]

In 1972 the demand for the wing's aircraft and personnel to deploy for Operations Bullet Shot, Young Tiger, and Linebacker II increased significantly.[1] In December 1972 the wing suffered its only loss of the war when a B-52 crewed by members of the wing was hit by a surface-to-air missile over North Vietnam. The crew members flew the damaged "Buff" over Thailand before they bailed out. All were recovered within a short period. Wing personnel and equipment remained active in Southeast Asia operations until late 1973.[47] 1972 also saw the wing become the first to be equipped with AGM-69 SRAM (Short Range Attack Missiles) for the nuclear strike mission.[49]

Following the Vietnam War, the wing again participated in military exercises worldwide and provided

tankers to support USAF air refueling needs.[1] In 1977 the wing won the Omaha Trophy as the outstanding wing in SAC.[2]

1983 saw the wing become the first to be equipped with

Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon missiles for anti-shipping operations.[50] The 69th Bombardment Squadron in particular was assigned the minelaying, sea surveillance and anti-shipping mission.[49] On 31 January 1984, the Air Force combined the 42nd Bombardment Wing with the old 42nd Bombardment Group. The newly consolidated organization retained the 42nd Bombardment Wing designation.[2]

From 1990

On 7 August 1990, the wing began to deploy aircraft, personnel and equipment to

Operation Desert Shield.[2] Wing B-52 aircrews flew 485 combat missions and dropped over 6,000 tons of bombs on the enemy during Desert Storm. Tankers from the 42nd also deployed to Diego Garcia.[47] By March 911, the wing began returning personnel and equipment to Loring and all had returned by 12 April 1991.[2]

On 1 October 1990, the 407th Air Refueling Squadron was inactivated and seven of its aircraft transferred to

Base Realignment and Closure Commission, the wing began preparations to close Loring.[2]

On 1 September 1991, the wing was redesignated as the 42nd Wing to recognize that it flew not only bombers, but tankers.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona on 16 November 1993.[53] Loring closed on 30 September 1994, and the wing was inactivated.[2]

On 1 October 1994 the unit was activated and redesignated as the 42nd Air Base Wing and took over as the host unit at

502nd Air Base Wing.[54][note 4] The wing has served as the host for Maxwell (now Maxwell-Gunter) since then.[2] In August 2005, after hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the wing managed Maxwell-Gunter as an evacuation center for over 1,000 evacuees from the Gulf Coast and as a Federal Emergency Management Agency staging area for relief convoys to affected areas.[55]

Lineage

Lineage, including assignments, components, stations, aircraft, awards and campaigns in Warnock, Factsheet, 42 Air Base Wing, except as noted

42nd Bombardment Group

  • Constituted as the 42nd Bombardment Group (Medium) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated 42nd Bombardment Group, Medium on 6 September 1944
Inactivated on 10 May 1946
  • Consolidated with the 42nd Bombardment Wing as the 42nd Bombardment Wing on 31 January 1984

42nd Air Base Wing

  • Constituted as the 42nd Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 19 February 1953
Activated on 25 February 1953
  • Consolidated with the 42nd Bombardment Group on 31 January 1984
Redesignated 42nd Wing on 1 September 1991
Redesignated 42nd Bomb Wing on 1 June 1992
Inactivated on 30 September 1994
  • Redesignated 42nd Air Base Wing and activated on 1 October 1994

Assignments

Components

Groups
  • 42nd Air Base Group (later 42nd Combat Support Group,[56] 42nd Support Group,[53] 42nd Mission Support Group): 25 February 1953 – 8 October 1954,[57][58] 1 January 1958 – 30 June 1994, 1 October 1994 – present[4]
  • 42nd Logistics Group: 1 September 1991 – 30 June 1994, 1 October 1994 – 30 September 2002[59]
  • 42nd Medical Group (later 42nd Tactical Hospital): 25 February 1953 – 1 July 1959[60]
  • 42nd Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 31 January 1994
  • 811th Medical Group (later USAF Hospital, Loring; 42nd Strategic Hospital; 42nd Medical Group): 1 July 1959 – 30 June 1994, 1 October 1994 – present[5][59]
Operational Squadrons
  • 16th Reconnaissance Squadron (later 406th Bombardment Squadron): attached 15 January 1941 – 2 March 1942, assigned 3 March 1942 – 25 February 1943 (air echelon attached to 28th Composite Group after 3 June 1942, ground echelon attached after 10 November 1942)
  • 42nd Air Refueling Squadron: 18 January 1955 – 1 September 1991
  • 69th Bombardment Squadron: 26 February 1943 – 10 May 1946 (detached 26 February – c. 15 April 1943); 25 February 1953 – 1 September 1991
  • 70th Bombardment Squadron: 26 February 1943 – 10 May 1946 (detached 26 February – c. 15 April 1943); 25 February 1953 – 25 June 1966
  • 75th Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 10 May 1946; 25 February 1953 – 15 October 1959
  • 26th Antisubmarine Wing after 20 November 1942)[9]
  • 77th Bombardment Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 2 February 1942
  • 106th Reconnaissance Squadron (later, 100th Bombardment Squadron): attached c. 6 January 1944, assigned 1 February 1944 – 11 December 1945
  • 390th Bombardment Squadron: 20 March 1942 – 27 January 1946
  • 407th Air Refueling Squadron: 2 July 1968 – 1 October 1990
Support and Maintenance Squadrons
  • 23rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron: 1 July 1960 – 1 October 1972
  • 42nd Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron: 1 November 1962 – 30 September 1974
  • 42nd Armament & Electronics Maintenance Squadron (later 42nd Avionics Maintenance Squadron): 25 February 1953 – 31 October 1990[51][61]
  • 42nd Comptroller Squadron: 30 September 1994 – present
  • 42nd Field Maintenance Squadron: 25 February 1953 – 1 September 1991[61]
  • 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron: 1 October 1972 – 1 September 1991
  • 42nd Operations Squadron (later 42nd Operations Support Squadron): 1 October 1994 – c. September 2002
  • 42nd Periodic Maintenance Squadron[62] (later 42nd Organizational Maintenance Squadron): 25 February 1953 – 1 September 1991
  • 42nd Supply Squadron: 1 October 1961 – 1 July 1963, July 1974 – 1979[61]
  • 42nd Transportation Squadron: July 1974 – 1979
  • 2192nd Communications Squadron: 1 October 1990 – 1 September 1991[59]
Other
  • 4030th USAF Hospital: 15 February – 1 October 1954 (attached to 42nd Air Base Group after 1 April 1954), 1 January – 1 December 1958, 1 January – 1 July 1959[60][63]
  • 886th Chemical Company, Air Operations (Medium & Heavy): attached August 1944 – 1945[26]

Stations

Aircraft

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer Award Dates Notes
Distinguished Unit Citation
 23 June 1945 – 30 June 1945 Balikpapan, Borneo 42nd Bombardment Group
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
 1 July 1986 – 30 June 1988 42nd Bombardment Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 June 1994 – 30 June 1995 42nd Bombardment Wing (later 42nd Air Base Wing)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996 42nd Air Base Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1996 – 30 June 1997 42nd Air Base Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1999 – 30 June 2000 42nd Air Base Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002 42nd Air Base Wing
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004 42nd Air Base Wing[64]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2006 42nd Air Base Wing[64]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007 42nd Air Base Wing[64]
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
Campaign Streamer Campaign Dates Notes
Antisubmarine 20 March 1942 – 15 March 1943 42nd Bombardment Group
New Guinea c. 7 August 1944 – 31 December 1944 42nd Bombardment Group
Northern Solomons 15 April 1943 – 21 November 1944 42nd Bombardment Group
Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944 42nd Bombardment Group
Western Pacific 17 April 1944 – 2 September 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
Luzon 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
Southern Philippines 27 February 1945 – 4 July 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
China Defensive 24 February 1945 – 4 May 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
China Offensive 5 May 1945 – 2 September 1945 42nd Bombardment Group
World War II Army of Occupation (Japan) 31 January 1946 – 10 May 1946 42nd Bombardment Group[65]
Defense of Saudi Arabia 2 August 1990 – 16 January 1991 42nd Bombardment Wing
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 17 January 1991 – 11 April 1991 42nd Bombardment Wing

See also

References

Notes

Explanatory Notes

  1. ^ The emblem of the 42nd Bombardment Group was slightly modified on 19 March 1997. Warnock, AFHRA Factsheet, 42nd Air Base Wing.
  2. ^ Fragmentation bombs delivered at low altitude and retarded by parachutes to permit the aircraft to escape the zone of danger before exploding.
  3. 93rd Bombardment Wing had converted to B-52s from Boeing B-47 Stratojets
    . Knaack, p. 237
  4. ^ This activation was part of a service-wide effort to preserve the lineage of the Air Force’s most honored wings. The 502nd was a post-World War II wing with no combat honors.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Ravenstein, pp. 69–70
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Haulman, Daniel L. (23 June 2018). "Factsheet 42 Air Base Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "42nd Air Base Wing". Air University Public Affairs. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "42nd Mission Support Group". Air University Public Affairs. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "42nd Medical Group". Air University Public Affairs. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 98–99
  7. ^ a b c d Cohn, et al. Chapter 1 (this work lacks page numbers)
  8. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 273
  9. ^ a b c d Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 120–121
  10. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 276–277
  11. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 496–497
  12. ^ a b c d e Cohn, et al. Chapter 2
  13. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 478–479
  14. ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (10 April 2018). "Factsheet 28 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  15. ^ a b c d Cohn, et al. Chapter 3
  16. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 256–257
  17. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 258–259
  18. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 9
  19. ^ a b Cohn, et al. Chapter 6
  20. ^ a b Cohn, et al. Chapter 7
  21. ^ a b c Cohn, et al. Chapter 8
  22. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 11
  23. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 330–331
  24. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 10
  25. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 15
  26. ^ a b c Cohn, et al. Chapter 16
  27. ^ a b Cohn, et al. Chapter 25
  28. ^ Cohn, et al. Preface (quoting the citation for the award)
  29. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 26
  30. ^ Cohn, et al. Chapter 27
  31. ^ "Abstract, History 75 Bombardment Squadron Jan 1946". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  32. ^ Mueller, pp. 327–329
  33. ^ Lowe, Staley & Roxlau, p. 14
  34. ^ a b c d "Loring Remembers: History". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  35. ^ Lowe, Staley & Roxlau, p. 18
  36. 341st Bombardment Wing
    )
  37. ^ Knaack, p. 51
  38. ^ Knaack, p. 46
  39. ^ Lowe, Staley & Roxlau, p. 15
  40. ^ a b Knaack, p. 245
  41. ^ Knaack, p. 244
  42. ^ Knaack, p. 251
  43. ^ "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol 1, History of Strategic Air Command, Jan–Jun 1957 (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  44. ^ Knaack, p. 252
  45. ^ "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index. 1 April 1975. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  46. ^ a b Lowe, Staley & Roxlau, p. 16
  47. ^ a b c d e f Pike, John. "42nd Bombardment Wing". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 15 November 2014. copyright 2000–2014
  48. ^ Mueller, p. 255
  49. ^ a b Lowe, Staley & Roxlau, p. 17
  50. ^ Shaw & Warnock, p. 106
  51. ^ a b Scibetta, Sgt. J. A. (13 December 1991). "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. I History 42 Bomb Wing (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  52. ^ "Abstract, A Brief History of Maxwell AFB and the 42nd Air Base Wg". Air Force History Index. 1 September 1996. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  53. ^ a b c d Scibetta, Sgt. J. A. "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. I History 42 Bomb Wing (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014. (undated, apparently 1992)
  54. ^ Cradle of Airpower Education, p. 13
  55. ^ Cradle of Airpower Education, p. 14
  56. ^ "Abstract, History 42 Combat Support Group Jan–Jun 1971". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014. (showing unit designation)
  57. ^ "Abstract, History 42 Bombardment Wing, Feb 1953". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  58. ^ "Abstract, History 45th Air Division, Oct 1954". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  59. ^ a b c Scibetta, Sgt. J. A. "Abstract (Unclassified), Vol. I History 42 Wing (Secret)". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014. (undated, apparently 1991)
  60. ^ a b "Abstract, History 42 Bombardment Wing Mar 1954". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  61. ^ a b c See, e.g. "Abstract, History 42 Bombardment Wing". Air Force History Index. 1 June 1954. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  62. ^ See "Abstract, History 45 Air Division Jan 1955". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  63. ^ "Abstract, History 45 Air Division May–Jun 1956". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  64. ^ a b c "Air Force Recognition Programs". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 16 November 2014. (search)
  65. ^ Army Regulation, 600-8-22, Military Awards, p. 68 (award for service in Japan between 1945 and 1952).

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