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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 456th Bombardment Wing, Heavy
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|caption= 456th Bombardment Wing [[Boeing B-52]] with [[GAM-77 Hound Dog]]<ref group=note>Aircraft is Boeing B-52G Stratofortress serial 57-6491 at Beale AFB</ref>
|dates=1952–1956, 1963–1975
|country={{flag|United States|23px}}
|branch={{air force|USA}}
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|command_structure=[[Strategic Air Command]]
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|decorations=[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]
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|identification_symbol=[[File:456th Bombardment Wing.PNG|
|identification_symbol_label=4126th Strategic Wing and<br />456th Bombardment Wing emblem<ref group=note>The 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing continued to use the 4126th Strategic Wing emblem as part of its bestowed honors, but did not obtain official approval of the emblem until 23 August 1972 after it had been redesignated the 456th Bombardment Wing.
|identification_symbol_2=[[File:456troopcarrierwing-patch.png|150px]]
|identification_symbol_2_label=456th Troop Carrier Wing emblem <small>(approved 7 July 1953)</small><ref name=Maurer456BG>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 332–333</ref>
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The '''456th Bombardment Wing''' is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] unit. It was last assigned to the [[14th Air Division]]
The wing was activated in 1952 as the '''456th Troop Carrier Wing''', Medium, operating [[Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar]] transports. In the fall of 1955 the wing deployed to Japan, where it supported [[aerial reconnaissance|reconnaissance]] operations by recovering capsules carried across the Soviet Union by high-altitude balloons. The wing returned to the United States and was inactivated in July 1956, with its personnel forming the [[en cadre|cadre]] for the [[419th Troop Carrier Group]], which was activated the same day.
▲In November 1962 the wing was redesignated the '''456th Strategic Aerospace Wing''' and was stationed at [[Beale Air Force Base]], California, flying [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] bombers and [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker]] air refueling aircraft, and also operating a [[HGM-25A Titan I]] squadron until 1965. In July 1972 the wing was redesignated the '''456th Bombardment Wing''', Heavy and continued to fly the B-52 and KC-135. The wing was inactivated in September 1975 and its personnel, equipment, and mission transferred to the [[17th Bombardment Wing]], which moved to Beale on paper from [[Wright-Patterson AFB]], Ohio.
==History==
: ''See [[456th Bombardment Group]] page for additional history''
=== 456th Troop Carrier Wing
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The '''456th Troop Carrier Wing''', Medium
▲The '''456th Troop Carrier Wing''', Medium (456 TCW) was activated in October 1952 and assigned to [[Tactical Air Command]]. It was stationed at [[Miami International Airport]], Florida,<ref name=Ravenstein>{{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977|url= http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/combat_wings.pdf |year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|pages=251–252}}</ref> where it replaced the [[435th Troop Carrier Wing]], which was an [[Air Force Reserve]] unit called to active duty for the [[Korean War]], assuming the 435th's mission, personnel, and equipment.<ref>The 435th returned to the reserves and took over the mission, personnel and equipment of the reserve [[482d Troop Carrier Wing]] at Miami. Ravenstein, ''Combat Wings'', pp. 231-231.</ref> The wing flew [[Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar]] troop carrier transports. The wing moved to Charleston AFB, South Carolina on 25 July 1953. Until 1955 It participated in numerous tactical exercise in the United States and overseas, mostly in conjunction with Army airborne forces. The wing was reorganized on 1 March 1955 when its tactical group and all support components were inactivated.<ref name=Ravenstein/>
When reorganized the wing assumed control over three tactical squadrons plus three squadron-size detachments manned for self-sufficient operations and having eight specially modified C-119s.<ref name=Ravenstein/>
The wing returned to the US and [[Ardmore
=== 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing ===
'''4126th Strategic Wing'''
{{anchor|4126th Strategic Wing}}
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The origins of the '''4126 Strategic Wing'''
The wing became fully organized on 26 October 1959 when the [[31st Bombardment Squadron]] (BS), consisting of 15 [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]]es moved to Beale from [[Travis
However, SAC Strategic Wings could not carry a permanent history or lineage<ref>
'''456th Strategic Aerospace Wing'''
In 1962, in order to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious [[World War II]] records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its Major Command controlled (MAJCON) strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate Air Force controlled (AFCON) units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.<ref group=note>MAJCON units could not carry a permanent history or lineage.
As a result, the 4126th
In the same way the [[744th Bombardment Squadron]], one of the unit's World War II historical bomb squadrons, replaced the 31st BS. The 856th Medical Group, 63d Munitions Maintenance Squadron and the 903d Air Refueling Squadron
The 456th
In 1964, the 903d was taken off its alert commitment to devote all its resourced to a "higher priority mission" which it had been performing for some months. Its performance of this mission earned it an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period 1 July 1963 to 30 June 1964.<ref>
Also in 1965, the '''851st Strategic Missile Squadron''' inactivated as SAC transitioned its missile force to the [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] missile. Recognizing the wing mission to support both a bombardment squadron and a reconnaissance squadron with [[aerial refueling|air refueling]] support, the wing added a second refueling squadron, the [[9th Air Refueling Squadron]] at the start of 1970.<ref name=Mueller/>
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'''456th Bombardment Wing'''
In July 1972 the wing was redesignated the '''456th Bombardment Wing
==Lineage==
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* Redesignated '''456th Strategic Aerospace Wing''' on 15 November 1962
: Activated on 15 November 1962 (not organized)
: Organized on 1 February 1963
: Redesignated '''456th Bombardment Wing''', Heavy on 1 July 1972
: Inactivated on 30 September 1975<ref name=Ravenstein/>
===Assignments===
* [[Eighteenth Air Force]], 1 December 1952 – 9 July 1956 (attached to [[1st Air Division]] c. 22 April 1955 – 26 March 1956, [[463d Troop Carrier Wing]] after 10 May 1956)
* [[Strategic Air Command]], 15 November 1962 (not organized)
* [[14th Strategic Aerospace Division]], 1 February 1963
* [[47th Air Division]], 30 June 1971
* [[14th Air Division]], 1 October 1972 – 30 September 1975<ref name=Ravenstein/>
===Components===
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'''Squadrons'''
* [[9th Air Refueling Squadron]]: 1 January 1970 – 30 September 1975<ref name=Ravenstein/>
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* [[745th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: 1 March 1955 – 9 July 1956<ref name=Maurer732733>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp.
* [[746th Troop Carrier Squadron]]: 1 March 1955 – 9 July 1956<ref name=Maurer733734>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp.
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* 63d Munitions Maintenance Squadron: 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1975<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
* 456th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron: 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1975<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
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* 456th Field Maintenance Squadron: 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1975<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
* 456th Supply Squadron: 1 February 1963 – 1 July 1963<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
* 6926th Radio Squadron, Mobile: (attached c. 10 November
* Detachment 1, 456th Bombardment Wing: 1 January 1973 – 30 September 1975<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
* Detachment 1, 744th Troop Carrier Squadron: (attached 14 February 1955 – 9 July 1956)<ref name=RavensteinLHH/>
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===Stations===
* [[McChord
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* Shiroi Air Base, Japan, 10 November 1955 – 10 May 1956
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===Aircraft and missiles===
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===Awards===
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==See also==
* [[List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force]]
* [[United States aerial reconnaissance of the Soviet Union]]
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==References==
===Notes===
; Explanatory notes
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: Citations
===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|
* {{cite book|last=Mueller|first=Robert|title=Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982|url= http://
* Parsch, Andreas (2006) [http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/ws-119l.html Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4: Undesignated Vehicles WS-119L/461L] (retrieved 12 March 2013)
* {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=
* {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Lineage and Honors Histories: Their Parts and Problems in Preparing|year=1975|publisher=Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center|location=Maxwell AFB, AL
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; Further reading
* {{cite book|last=Cantwell|first=Gerald T.|title=Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946–1994|url=https://archive.org/details/citizenairmenhis00cant|access-date=1 October 2014|year=1997|publisher=Air Force History and Museums Program|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=0-16049-269-6|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|author=Anonymous|title=456th Bomb Group - Steed's Flying Colts|edition= Turner Limited |orig-year=1945|year=1997
|publisher=Turner Publications|isbn=978-1563111419}}
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