This is a list of United States Air Force Strategic Reconnaissance Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1946 to 1992 when SAC was disestablished. At the bottom of the list is a gallery of images of example mission equipment used by these Wings.
Note: Due to the United States Air Force common practice of redesignating units, bases and equipment, links that you will find in this list may take you to an article with different headings than you might expect. If you continue to read through that article, you will find the subject linked from.
+ Reconnaissance Wings Assigned to Strategic Air Command Strategic ReconnaissanceWing Designation Activated orRedesignated Base Assigned MissionEquipment Redesignatedor Inactivated New Designation 5th SRW Constituted (1 Jul 1949) Oct 1955 Redesignated as 5th Bomb Wing 6th SRW Eilson AFB (1965) 1 Sep 1992 (Inactivated) 9th SRW Beale AFB (25 Jun 1966) (Still Operational) 26th SRW Lockbourne AFB 1 Jul 1958 (Inactivated) 28th SRW Rapid City AFB 1 Oct 1955 Redesignated as 28th Bomb Wing, Heavy 55th SRW (Still Operational) 68th SRW, Medium Lake Charles AFB (Oct 10, 1951) 16 Jun 1952 Redesignated as 68th Bomb Wing, Medium 70th SRW 25 Oct 1961 (Inactivated) 71st SRW, Fighter Larson AFB 1 Jul 1957 (Inactivated) 72d SRW, Heavy Ramey AFB RB-36 1 Oct 1955 Redesignated as 72d Bomb Wing, Heavy 90th SRW, Medium Redesignated (16 Jun 1952) as 90th SRW, Medium Forbes AFB 20 Jun 1960 (Inactivated) 91st SRW 8 Nov 1957 (Inactivated) 99th SRW, Heavy Activated (1 Jan 1953) Fairchild AFB (1 Jan 1953) 1 Oct 1955 Redesignated as 99th Bomb Wing, Heavy 100th SRW Redesignated (25 Jun 1966) as 100th SRW Davis-Monthan AFB 30 Sep 1976 Redesignated as 100th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy 4080th SRW Turner AFB (1 May 1956) 25 Jun 1966 (Discontinued) 4200th SRW Beale AFB (1 Jan 1965) 25 Jun 1966 (Discontinued)
Mission Equipment The following gallery shows one example of each type of aircraft used by these reconnaissance wings as Mission Equipment.