The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) wing last assigned to the 12th Strategic Aerospace Division of...
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100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing assumed the mission, equipment and personnel of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The 349th Strategic Reconnaissance...
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in mid-1971. The RB-57D was a high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft. 20 produced. Extended wing with higher thrust engine modification of B-57B...
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insignia. Anderson was part of the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather Squadron, 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, headquartered at Laughlin Air Force...
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Lockheed U-2 (redirect from U2 reconnaissance aircraft)
1704th Reconnaissance Squadron 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing – Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas 1957–1966 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron...
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The 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was a component of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Strategic Air Command, that operated Lockheed...
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55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in October 1952. Designated as the 72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Ramey AFB, PR. Conducted global strategic reconnaissance...
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renamed the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing) was based at Turner from July 1952 until 11 May 1956.: 275 The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was established...
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of the Strategic Air Command deployed to the Republic of South Vietnam (RVN) as the 4025th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance...
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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
Davis–Monthan. Following the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Laughlin AFB, Texas, relocated to the base and assumed...
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McCoy Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
scheduled service. On 14 October 1962, a Lockheed U-2 from the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas piloted by Major Richard...
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reconnaissance missions in the area. The wing was inactivated in 1956 and some of its personnel were used to form the cadre for the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance...
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Turner AFB, Georgia. In March 1957 he received command of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Turner and oversaw its relocation to Laughlin AFB, Texas...
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Martin B-57 Canberra (category Mid-wing aircraft)
in the late 1950s while it served in the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 4025th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (L), it went on display in 2004...
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production batch, delivered in October 1957 and assigned to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas, as a "ferret" aircraft, crashed this...
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List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force (redirect from US Air Force Air Refueling Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command)
Bombardment Wing and the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing replaced the 4134th Strategic Wing and the 4126th Strategic Wing in 1963, they inherited honors...
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there (not just Air Force). In 1966, elements of the USAF's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing flew Lockheed U-2 aircraft from the base to perform atmospheric...
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Martin RB-57D Canberra (category 1950s United States military reconnaissance aircraft)
April 1956 to the 4025th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, which was a part of Strategic Air Command (SAC). Initially...
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Laughlin Air Force Base (section Strategic Air Command)
FTW. The 4080th Wing provided high-altitude reconnaissance and air sampling using the Lockheed U-2A and the RB-57D Canberra. The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance...
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RTX 4080 SUPER, an Nvidia graphics card 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, a United States Air Force wing USS Imperator (ID-4080), another name for...
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301st Bombardment Squadron (redirect from 301st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron)
55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved from Ramey to Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas. The 72d Wing absorbed the residual resources of the 55th Wing at Ramey...
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airframe of first USAF order, delivered April 1957, moved to 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas, June: 1957, crashes at night this date...
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1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991. 2d Wing 1991–1992. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949–1951. 301st Bomb Wing 1949–1958. 311th Reconnaissance Group 1948–1949...
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Lucky Dragon, a surveillance operation by the US Air Force's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing during the Vietnam War This disambiguation page lists articles...
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52nd Bombardment Squadron (redirect from 52d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron)
1963 68th Reconnaissance Group, 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, 10 Oct 1951 (attached to 68th Bombardment Wing) 68th Bombardment...
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to Vietnam from August to November 1965, serving with the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Amid intense combat, he rescued two wounded officers, secured...
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late 1950s into the 1960s, he flew Lockheed U-2s with the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, first qualifying on the U-2 on 19 February 1957, the 50th...
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its fighters were transferred, becoming commander of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, the first USAF organization to fly the Lockheed U-2, in...
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production, delivered in January 1958, and assigned to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas. Converted to U-2C by November 1966...
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John F. Kennedy visited Eglin for an airpower tour. The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas, dispatched a Lockheed U-2A, piloted...
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