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1st Aerospace Communications Wing[edit]

I'm not sure if the 1st Aerospace Communications Wing was an AFCON wing or not. --Pmsyyz (talk) 22:40, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Taking AFCON slightly anachronistically to include the period 1948-1959 when a different term was used, any numbered USAF wing with one, two, or three digits in its number is an AFCON unit. This does not apply to provisional units.
The only exceptions are six Air Transport Wings (517 518 520 525 530 540), two Weather Wings (43 59), and three Airways and Air Communications Service Wings (1 5 7) formed on 1 June 1948 by Military Air Transport Service before USAF directed that all units formed by major commands (later called MAJCON) have four digits. One Air Transport Wing was discontinued on 1 July and the remaining ten wings were renumbered with four digits on 1 October 1948.--Lineagegeek (talk) 13:54, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reserve wing information[edit]

Reserve Training Wings were formed in late 1951, mostly on stations where a reserve wing had been mobilized for Korea. They were replaced in 1952 as reserve wings were released from active duty.

  • 901st RTW Birmingham MAP
  • 902d RTW Dobbins AFB
  • 903d RTW Ellington AFB
  • 904th RTW Hensley Field
  • 905th RTW Memphis MAP
  • 906th RTW Miami IAP
  • 907th RTW Brooks AFB
  • 908th RTW planned for either Tinker AFB or Will Rogers Feld, never activated
  • 909th RTW constituted 19 May 51 for activation at Cleveland Hopkins Apt, order revoked
  • 910th RTW Greater Cincinnati Airport, moved to Clinton County AFB in December 1951
  • 911th RTW Baltimore Friendship Apt
  • 912th RTW Floyd Bennett Field
  • 913th RTW Laurence Hanscom Apt
  • 914th RTW Mitchel AFB
  • 915th RTW constituted 19 May 51 for activation at Niagara Falls Apt, order revoked
  • 916th RTW New Castle County Apr
  • 917th RTW Probably at Greater Pittsburgh IAP
  • 918th RTW Standiford Field
  • 919th RTW Planned for Paine Field, never activated
  • 920th RTW Hamilton AFB
  • 921th RTW Long Beach Muni Apt
  • 922d RTW Portland IAP/AFB
  • 923d RTW Atterbury AFB
  • 924th RTW Billy Mitchell Field
  • 925th RTW O'Hare IAP
  • 926th RTW Olathe NAS
  • 927th RTW Unknown planned location, never activated
  • 928th RTW Scott AFB
  • 929th RTW Selfridge AFB
  • 920th RTW Minneapolis-St Paul IAP, moved to Snelling AFS

Air Depot Wings

  • 13 ADW* Japan AMA AB
  • 24 ADW* Clark AB
  • 25 ADW Kelly AFB, moved to Hill AFB Dec 50
  • 29 ADW Kelly AFB. moved to Norton AFB Oct 49
  • 30 ADW* RAF Burtonwood, moved to Sealand Storage Depot Apr 51, RAF Brize Norton Jan 52
  • 39 ADW* Elmendorf AFB
  • 59 ADW* RAF Burtonwood
  • 73 ADW Kelly AFB, moved to Chateauroux AS Jul 51
  • 75 ADW Kelly AFB, moved to Chimhae AB Jan 53, Pusan East AB Oct 54
  • 77 ADW* Long Beach CA (Reserves)
  • 80 ADW* Kelly AFB, Moved to Nouasseur AB Jul 51
  • 85 ADW* Erding AB
  • 88 ADW* Santa Monica CA, moved to Norton AFB Apr 51 (reserves)

Reserve Depot Training Wings

  • 941 RDTW original designation of 951 RDTW, redesignated before activation
  • 942 RDTW original designation of 952 RDTW, redesignated before activation
  • 943 RDTW original designation of 953 RDTW, redesignated before activation
  • 944 RDTW original designation of 954 RDTW, redesignated before activation
  • 951 RDTW Olmsted AFB
  • 952 RDTW Norton AFB, moved to Long Beach CA Sep 52
  • 953 RDTW McClellan AFB
  • 954 RDTW Kelly AFB

And, speaking of revocations:

  • 583d Air Resupply & Communications Wing activated 20 July 1953, action revoked retroactively in August
  • 584th Air Resupply & Communications Wing constituted along with the 583d, revoked

Sources: For the reserve units, annual histories of Continental Air Command (a long time ago, in Air Force Reserve Historical Office files). A few should appear in Mueller's Air Force Bases, which should also have the depot units at Kelly, Hill, McClellan and Norton and Fletcher's overseas volume should have the wing at Clark. Willard, TSG Richard R. (1988) [1968]. Location of United States Military Units in the United Kingdom, 16 July 1948-31 December 1967. USAF Air Station, South Ruislip, United Kingdom: Historical Division, Office of Information, Third Air Force. LCCN 68061579. has the 30th and 59th. McAuliffe, Jerome J. (2005). US Air Force in France 1950-1967. San Diego, California: Milspec Press ISBN 0-9770371-1-8 has information on the 73d. Endicott, Judy G., ed. (2001). The USAF in Korea, Campaigns, Units and Stations 1950-1953 (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Air Force Historical Research Agency. ISBN 0-16-050901-7. will have the wing at Pusan. There will be some additional information in the AF History Index. Include Tachikawa as a search term JAMA Air Base merged and separated with Tachikawa a couple of times (depending on whether FEAF or AMC had responsibility for depot activities there) Buckshot06 (talk) 05:39, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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548, 549 Wings[edit]

WP:BOLDLY copied over from User talk:Lineagegeek Buckshot06 (talk) 08:35, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have found the 550th Guided Missiles Wing, but were there 546, 547, 548, or 549 Wings? Is there a more comprehensive listing than Ravenstein, pre or post 1977? Buckshot06 (talk) 10:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The system is really wings and independent groups. So the numbers are taken by the
546th Tactical Airlift Group (established as California Sector, Air Corps Ferrying Command)
547th Tactical Airlift Group (established as 10th Pursuit Wing -- in Maurer)
548th Tactical Airlift Group (established as the 8th Ferrying Group) duplicated by the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (established as the 6th Photographic Technical Squadron)

Although they were really numbered in a separate series, there have also been

546th Aircraft Control & Warning Group
548th Aircraft Control & Warning Group
549th Aircraft Control & Warning Group

Ravenstein's the most comprehensive, but he excludes non operational wings, which when he wrote, included

1st Civil Engineering Wg
1st Medical Services Wg
1st Weather Wing
2d Weather Wing
3d Weather Wing
4th Weather Wing
5th Weather Wing
6th Weather Wing
7th Weather Wing
9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing (he probably should have included this, but decided to treat as a weather unit, not a reconnaissance unit)
13th Air Depot Wg
24th Air Depot Wg
25th Air Depot Wg
29th Air Depot Wg
30th Air Depot Wg
39th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Wg (also 39th Special Operations Wg)
40th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Wg
41st Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Wg
43d Weather Wg (two units with this name, second was a T/D unit that became a MAJCON unit)
59th Air Depot Wg
59th Weather Wg (two units with this name, second was a T/D unit that became a MAJCON unit)
73d Air Depot Wg
75th Air Depot Wg
77th Air Depot Wg
85th Air Depot Wg
88th Air Depot Wg
507th Tactical Air Control Wg (also 507th Air Control Wg)
601st Tactical Air Control Wg (also 601st Air Base Wg, 601st Air Control Wg, 601st Support Wg)
602d Tactical Air Ctl Wg (also 602d Air Control Wg)
834th Tactical Composite Wg (one of the many names of the 1st Special Operations Wing -- listed)
901st Reserve Training Wg
902d Reserve Training Wg
903d Reserve Training Wg
904th Reserve Training Wg
905th Reserve Training Wg
906th Reserve Training Wg
907th Reserve Training Wg
908th Reserve Training Wg (not activated)
909th Reserve Training Wg (constituted 29 May 51, but action revoked)
910th Reserve Training Wg
911th Reserve Training Wg
912th Reserve Training Wg
913th Reserve Training Wg
914th Reserve Training Wg
915th Reserve Training Wg (constituted 29 May 51, but action revoked)
916th Reserve Training Wg
917th Reserve Training Wg
918th Reserve Training Wg
919th Reserve Training Wg (not activated)
920th Reserve Training Wg
921st Reserve Training Wg
922d Reserve Training Wg
923d Reserve Training Wg
924th Reserve Training Wg
925th Reserve Training Wg
926th Reserve Training Wg
927th Reserve Training Wg (not activated)
928th Reserve Training Wg
929th Reserve Training Wg
930th Reserve Training Wg

Some formed or redesignated after his book (many upgraded from groups or formed by consolidation)

1st Aerospace Communications Wg (also 1st Aerospace Information Systems Wg
1st Space Wg
2d Space Wg
3d Space Support Wg
16th Special Operations Wg (one of the many names of the 1st Special Operations Wing)
18th Combat Support Wg
30th Space Wing
33d Special Operations Wg
39th Air Base Wg (also 39th Wing)
40th Support Wg
45th Space Wg
53d Wing
59th Medical Wg (inactive as 59th Tactical Fighter Wg)
76th Air Base Wg
77th Tactical Intelligence Wg (also 77th Air Base Wg)
85th Tactical Fighter Training Wg (also 85th Wing)
88th Air Base Wg
311th Air Refueling Wing (revoked)
311th Human Systems Wg
326th Aeronautical Systems Wg
334th Air Refueling Wg (never active)
335th Air Refueling Wg (never active)
336th Air Refueling Wg (never active)
343d Composite Wg (also 343d Tactical Fighter Wg, 343d Fighter Wing)
350th Electronic Systems Wg
352d Special Operations Wg
353d Special Operations Wg
356th Special Operations Wg (never active)
357th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
399th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
400th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
404th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
411th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
412 Test Wg
415th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
471st Special Operations Wg (never active)
472d Special Operations Wg (never active)
480th Special Operations Wg (also 480th ISR Wg)
485th Tactical Missile Wg
486th Tactical Missile Wg
487th Tactical Missile Wg
488th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
498th Armament Systems Wg
501st Tactical Control Wg (also 501st Aircraft Control & Warning Wg)
501st Tactical Missile Wg (also 501st Combat Support Wg)
502d Air Base Wg
503d Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
510th Tactical Missile Wg (never active)
521st Tactical Control Wg (never active)
526th ICBM Systems Wg (also 526th Special Operations Wg)
542d Crew Training Wg
544th Intelligence Wg (also 544th Reconnaissance Technical Wg, 544th Strategic Intelligence Wg)
554th Operations Support Wg (also 554th Electronic Systems Wg)
603d Air Base Wg
606th Support Wg (constituted 1 Jan 92, revoked 27 Jan 92)
620th Air Base Wg
623d Wing
645th Air Base Wg
646th Air Base Wg
650th Air Base Wg
652d Air Base Wg
653d Electronic Systems Wg
665th Air Base Wg
673d Air Base Wg
690th Electronic Security Wg (also 690th Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Wg)
691st Electronic Security Wg
692d Electronic Security Wg (also 692d Intelligence Wg)
693d Electronic Security Wg (also 693d Intelligence Wg)
694th Intelligence Wg
695th Electronic Security Wg
710th Air Base Wg
711th Human Performance Wg
722d Air Refueling Wg
812th Strategic Support Wg
834th Air Base Wg
908th Airlift Wg
910th Airlift Wg
911th Airlift Wg
913th Airlift Wg
914th Airlift Wg
916th Air Refueling Wg
917th Tactical Fighter Wg (also 917th Fighter Wg/917th Wing)
919th Special Operations Wg
924th Fighter Wg
926th Airlift Wg
927th Air Refueling Wg
928th Airlift Wg
932d Airlift Wg
934th Airlift Wg
939th Air Rescue Wg (also 939th Rescue Wg)
940th Air Refueling Wg
944th Fighter Wg

This list is not quite current, especially in the areas of intelligence and cyberspace.

Thanks yes -- and great helpful list!! I ran searches for the 548 & 549 Fighter & Bomber Groups, but did not realise that number range was actually probably reached only later and should have run more current group type designations.. Buckshot06 (talk) 06:09, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Even going back to Air Force Combat Units of World War II, there is a gap for the no-doubt-never-formed 425th Group, and the same for the 427th - 431st Groups. I have searched high and low for the 431st Group or Wing, with no success. What happened to these set of five designations, unused in WW II (minus the 427 ASG, which I've just found)? Buckshot06 (talk) 16:22, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From primary sources: The gap is explained by the following units that were constituted in June 1943, but the directive was revoked before the units were activated (some numbers were used later)

  • 411th Bombardment Group (Dive) (648, 649, 650, 651 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 412th Bombardment Group (Dive) (652, 653, 654, 655 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 413th Bombardment Group (Dive) (656, 657, 658, 659 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 414th Bombardment Group (Dive) (660, 661, 662, 663 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 419th Bombardment Group (Light) (680, 681, 682, 683 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 420th Bombardment Group (Light) (684, 685, 686, 687 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 421st Bombardment Group (Light) (688, 689, 690, 691 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 422d Bombardment Group (Light) (692, 693, 694, 695 Bombardment Squadrons (Dive))
  • 425th Reconnaissance Group (40, 41, 42 Reconnaissance Sq, 43 Liaison Sq)
  • 427th Reconnaissance Group (48, 49, 50 Reconnaissance Sq, 51 Liaison Sq)
  • 428th Reconnaissance Group (52, 53, 54 Reconnaissance Sq, 55 Liaison Sq)
  • 429th Reconnaissance Group (56, 57, 58 Reconnaissance Sq, 59 Liaison Sq)
  • 430th Reconnaissance Group (60, 61, 62 Reconnaissance Sq, 63 Liaison Sq)
  • 431st Reconnaissance Group (64, 65, 66 Reconnaissance Sq, 67 Liaison Sq)

Numbers used again in the 19802

  • 420th Military Airlift Group (former 20th Ferrying Group)
  • 421st Military Airlift Group (former 21st Ferrying Group)
  • 422d Tactical Airlift Group (former 22d Ferrying Group)
  • 425th Tactical Airlift Group (former 25th Ferrying Group)
  • 427th Tactical Airlift Group (former 27th Air Transport Group)
  • 428th Military Airlift Group (former 28th Transport Group)
  • 429th Combat Crew Training Group (former 29th Transport Group)
  • 430th Combat Crew Training Group (former 30th Transport Group)
  • 430th Military Airlift Training Group (former 1st Ferrying Group)

As for the 427th Air Service Group, that was numbered in a separate series, which began in September 1940, when existing Air Base Squadrons were expanded to become Air Base Groups (Air Base Squadron, 1 or 2 Materiel Squadrons, ASWAAF units). In June 1942, when the numbers had gotten up to about 336, the system changed. Air Base Groups were redesignated Service Groups, the Air Base Squadrons were reassigned elsewhere and the groups with only one Materiel Squadron (now renamed Service Squadrons) were assigned a second. Their mission changed from supporting a base to supporting two combat groups. This took the numbers up to 387. As the B-29 units were deploying, a new type of support group was designed. Originally called a Service Group (Special), it became the standard as the Air Service Group in 1945. It was designed to support one combat group and consisted of a Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, an Air Engineering Squadron, and an Air Materiel Squadron, with most of the ASWAAF troops joining the Air Corps in the Base Service Squadron. Eighth Air Force got the first new groups, 391-453 (although 391-402 were revoked) IX Troop Carrier Command got 454-467, Ninth AF got 468-495, then a mix. Most of the low 500s went to the MTO, while the Pacific tended to redesignate and reorganize existing groups. The numbers eventually got to 575, with a couple more being organized after the war. All of these units still existing were disbanded on 8 October 1948. Some soldiered on. The 500-503, 514-521, 525, 527-530, 533, 534, 564, 566-568, 575 became Air Defense Groups from 1952/1953-1955, only to be disbanded again in 1984. The 501st and 503d were constituted a third time as Combat Support Groups and the 501st has been active. Twenty one were allotted to the National Guard and renumbered in 1946. Others have also been active more recently under other designations.

--Lineagegeek (talk) 19:20, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And the air bases groups in the 420 series now active in the UK under the 501st Combat Support Wing? Where do they derive from? Cannot find anything at AFHRA; not even listed as components in the 501 CSW page!! Buckshot06 (talk) 07:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 420th Air Base Gp (420th Air Service Group)
  • 420th Air Base Sq (420th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron)
  • 421st Air Base Gp (21st Air Depot Group)
  • 421st Air Base Sq (421st Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron)
  • 422d Air Base Gp (22d Air Depot Group)
  • 422d Air Base Sq (422d Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron)
  • 423d Air Base Gp (73d Air Depot Wing -- there's an organizational action between 1947 and 1951 that I am not clear on that may extend this to an earlier air depot group)
  • 423d Air Base Sq* (423d Air Service Group)
  • 424th Air Base Sq (424th Air Service Group)

I don't know if you are aware of this, but the AFHRA has "hidden" lineages. They do not appear in the indices of units, but if you enter them as a search term on the site, links will appear. You can find the one with an asterisk this way. --Lineagegeek (talk) 15:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So going through the wings and independent groups list, cannot locate 300, Bombardment or Fighter or Combat Cargo. Also, is there really both a 301st Fighter Wing and 301st Air Refueling Wing, both at the same level of the hierarchy, that were both active at the same time? Appears to be an anomaly.. Buckshot06 (talk) 09:45, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There's no 300th Wing (or group). Historically, the group of numbers allotted to the Air National Guard was 101-300. The Guard never got that high (There was a 299th Tactical Forces Planning Group from 1970-1972). For some reason the DAF Manpower & Organization shop during the 1960s did a number of odd (at least nonstandard) things. One of them was to constitute the only unit to carry the 300 number, the 300th Military Airlift Squadron — but it was a Reserve unit, not a National Guard unit. At some point this century, M&O recognized this anomaly, and the block of numbers allotted to the Air National Guard is now 101-299. On the other hand, they have now slopped over on the other end, as the 100th Fighter Squadron is now a Guard unit.
There are two 301st wings. The 301st Fighter Wing, which is one of three World War II wings to still be wings (others are 24th and 54th), was revived in 1972 as the overall headquarters for reserve F-105 units. The 301st Bombardment Wing was one of the first wings under the Hobson Plan, and served SAC, ultimately as an air refueling wing until 1992. Its operational unit 1947-1952 and 1991-1992 was the 301st Bombardment Group of WW II. Bothe were active from 1972-1992. To remove the duplication, the 301st Air Refueling Wing and 301st Operations Group were redesignated the 311th Wing and 311th Group, but this action was revoked. The wing has remained inactive since, and the group became the operations group of the fighter wing. There have also been two 39th and 40th Wings, although the 39th Wings have been consolidated.
And there are lots of 1st Wings. In addition to the 1st Fighter Wing and 1st Special Operations Wing, there have been 1st Composite Wing, 1st Weather Wing, 1st Medical Service Wing, and 1st Civil Engineering Wing --Lineagegeek (talk) 23:29, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks yes very clear that there has been lots of 1sts, including the irritating 1st SOW that keeps on coming back even when the appropriate Air Staff org shops (DAF M&O you say, that creates and allocates the designations?) tried to hide it away at 16th or 834th. Just found the 1st Composite Wing yesterday, but it appears that that was a DC exception and derived from a MAJCON wing anyway. To what extent now would the 'non-operational' 39th, 40th, and 41st ARR Wings, which were doing very seemingly combat, "Sandy" type missions in the 1980s, have moved into the 'operational' wings listing for any hypothetical reissue/ new edition of Ravenstein 1977? Buckshot06 (talk) 07:22, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The 39th ARRW is already consolidated with the 39th ABW; the 41st ARRW is the only wing with that number. The 40th ARRW overlaps with the 40th Tactical Group, so my guess is that if it were ever activated again, it would probably get a number in the 500s (like the 2d and 3d Air Rescue Groups did. --Lineagegeek (talk) 00:19, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gaps in 300s[edit]

I'm making some progress on this, as you will see, but cannot locate the 304th Group -> Wing?, 324th Group -> Wing; 326 you show above; 329, 331, 332, 337, and 341. Am I just looking in the wrong places? Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 07:48, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

304th - The 304th Bombardment Group of WW II was only inactivated, not disbanded, so even though it has not been active since 1942, it occupies the 304 slot
324th - World War II 24th Pursuit Group redesignated 324th Tactical Fighter Wing in 1985, but has not been active
329th - 1950s Fighter Group, Armament Systems Group, 2006-2007
331st - Air Expeditionary Group, has been activated in the US under 1st Air & Space Expeditionary Task Force
332d - Air Expeditionary Wing
337th - 1950s Fighter Group, Aeronautical Systems Group, 2006-2008
341st - Missile Wing--Lineagegeek (talk) 23:03, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So why the 623d and 629th but also the 710th and 722d? Why not use one series? Buckshot06 (talk) 17:47, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The 600/700 system is not all that old and only pertains to subordinate groups. Otherwise, what to add to the base number is (and has been in the past) up to the project officer for the Programming Plan establishing the unit (with input from elsewhere). Why did air refueling squadron numbers start with 901 for those assigned to strategic wings? Why did the first missile wings start with 701?, Why did air divisions not redesignated from WW II wings start with 801? I've got no explanation. --Lineagegeek (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So the only wings constituted in the 700s and 800 series were the 701-706, 710, 711, 722, and 812th? Is that right? Any others I have missed? I've found the 868th (independent) Group; where do I go looking for the others? Buckshot06 (talk) 08:42, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've been starting a list at [sandbox2] to collect the numbers used by wings and independent groups. Groups in the 700s are mostly either air defense groups that took the number of the radar squadron they replaced or a couple of expeditionary units that have numbers similar to the 7000 series numbers they had when they were USAFE NAJON units. The main 800 series of groups are air base groups/combat support groups. SAC started forming these for bases with two wings and an air division in 1952, and some have the numbers of the 800 series air divisions they were assigned to. The series went up to about 824. SAC repeated this in the late 80s giving numbers adding 800 (or 700) to the division they were assigned to (the 812th was big enough to be a wing), adding the 800th, 842d, and 857th. TAC copied this and formed some groups in the 830s. In the late 1950s, SAC replaced its Tactical Hospitals and USAF Hospitals with Medical Groups numbered in the 800s. There are gaps, but this series got as high as 870. In 1963, ConAC formed the 901st-945th Troop Carrier Groups and during the Korean War activated reserve training wings numbered (with gaps) in the low 900s. Still haven't figured out what to do with units that didn't quite make it (like the 54th, 59th, 65th and 69th Combat Airlift Wings. Constituted 20 June 1962 for activation 1 July 1962, action revoked 27 June 1962). --Lineagegeek (talk) 21:04, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

707th Missile Wing?[edit]

You have written that the 701st - 706th were Missile Wings of various types and that the 708th *was* to be a missile wing at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. Was the 707th at some point going to have been a missile wing? Buckshot06 (talk) 12:37, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If it was, then whatever action taken would have been revoked, and would only be reflected in a pair of AFOMO Letters. I am not aware of it. The only missile wings I am aware of that didn't quite make it are the 708th Strategic Missile Wing, programmed for activation at Huntsville AIN on 23 Feb 58 and assignment to the 1st Missile Div, but cancelled; and the 550th Tactical Missile Wing (former 550th Guided Missiles Wing), which was originally intended to be the GLCM wing at Molesworth. In preparation, it was consolidated with the 1st Proving Ground Group (originally 23d Composite Group), but a different number was selected for the Molesworth wing. --Lineagegeek (talk) 20:31, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What does AIN stand for? OK. Not quite really looking for the missile wings as such, but more lineage clues for the 707th Group/Wing/whatever. Are there any more organizational actions as regards as 707th Group/Wing, beyond the 707 ISRG and its MAJCON heritage, that you are aware of? Buckshot06 (talk) 09:22, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
AIN is Army Installation. The 707th ISR Gp traces its lineage only to the 6917th Security Squadron. --Lineagegeek (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Other groups and wings sandbox[edit]

See User:Lineagegeek/sandbox2. Buckshot06 (talk) 10:29, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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