43. bombardovací křídlo, velmi těžké [1947-1948]

Established as a

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3. November 1947, zorganizovan 17. November 1947, at the Davis Monthan Field in Arizona, with the aircraft B-29 and B-50 Superfortress and tankers KB-29
When the service entered a giant aircraft B-36 Peacemaker, the unit was 1. August 1948 preznacena on

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In 1953 he got the wing tankers, the KC-97, a year later then bombardery B-47 Stratojet. Aircraft 43. wing drzely a lot of record, including several orbit the world and record in flight without pristani in the fiberglass shaft, 48 hours. Even with regard to these performances was 43. wing chosen by the to after moving on air base Carswell AFB, Texas 15. in march 1960 he began dostavat new aircraft, B-58 Hustler. Together with this aircraft have one even new tankers KC-135. To vyhodnocovani letovych tests new bombarderu got the wing and stihaci aircraft F-102, only that dokazaly with nadzvukovym bombarderem to keep step. Wing received also training the TB-58 and later pruzkumne RB-58.
Among other records 43. wing with the B-58 include, for example, a flight from New York to Parize for 3 hours and 14 minutes, clearly demonstrujici strategically potential of the USA.
1. zari 1964 wing presunul at Little Rock AFB in Arkansas, where he stayed from 31. January 1970, when it was inaktivovan and ukoncil activity on airplanes B-58.
In April 1970, was re-activated on and presunut at Anderson AFB on Guam, where taking over the airplanes B-52 and KC-135 from 3960th Strategic Wing.
Ucastnil is operation Arc Light in jihovychodni Asia from 1. July 1970 to mid-August 1970, and again from unora 1972 to August 1973.
In the years 1970-1975 wing take letal with aircraft C-97 and C-118 and evacuated thousands of vietnamskych uprchliku of their country on Guam.
43. wing was deaktivovan 30. zari 1990.


The composition


60 BS: July 1, 1971 - (not operational Jul 1, 1971-Feb. 1972)
63 BS: Attached Feb. 10, 1951 - June 15, 1952. Assigned June 16, 1952 - Jan 31, 1970
63 BS provisional: Attached June 15, 1972 - June 30, 1975 (not operational Nov. 1973 - June, 1975)
64 BS: Attached Feb 10, 1951-June 15, 1952. Assigned June 16, 1952 - Jan 31, 1970
(not operational Mar 15 - Aug 1960
65 BS: Attached Feb. 10 1951 - June 15, 1952. Assigned June 16, 1952 - Jan 31, 1970
(not operational March 15-Aug 1960)
403 BS: Assigned Dec. 1, 1958 - March 15, 1960; May 15, 1960 - Jan 1, 1961 (not operational)
2 AR: Attached Apr 30, 1949 - Sept 16, 1950 (not operational Apr 30 - June 30, 1949
Further attached to 43rd bomb Group July 1, 1949 - Sept 16, 1950
9 AR Attached Aug 1, 1951 - Jan 15, 1952 and Oct 6 - Nov 14, 1952
43 AR Attached Feb. 10, 1951 - June 15, 1952. Assigned June 15, 1952 - March 15, 1960
(detached Oct 18 - Dec. 28, 1955)
70 AR attached Aug 19 - 31, 1964. Assigned Sept 1, 1964 - Jan 1, 1970
307 AR: Attached Sept. 16, 1950 - Aug 1, 1951.
Further attached to 43rd Bomb Group Sept 16, 1950 - Feb. 9, 1950
4182: April 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1971 (not operational).


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