1st Special Operations Wing
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| Wing: 1st Air Commando Wing 1st Special Operations Wing | |||
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| Motto: Anyplace, Anytime | |||
| Aircraft: Douglas B-26K | |||
This unit was originally called the 1st Air Commando Wing. The name was changed in 1968 to the 1st Special Operations Wing.
Units
603rd Special Operations Squadron
Planes
Planes assigned to this wing were assigned to a component unit of the wing, but for the sake of completeness I have listed all of the planes that were assigned to any squadron in the wing in this table.
Exceptions to this are planes that were assigned to the 605th Air Commando Squadron. From 1964-1967 the unit was under the 1st Air Commando Wing, but during 1967 the unit was transferred to the 24th Air Commando Wing. Rather than list the planes under both wings I am treating the 605th as "autonomous" for the sake of inventory. Once those planes were assigned to Panama I stop counting them as part of the 1st ACW, although technically they still were.
Planes that were assigned to the 603rd Air Commando Squadron-Detachment-1 at Nakhon Phanom Air Base are similarly listed under the 56th Special Operations Wing page because the planes were attached to the 606th Air Commando Squadron, which is part of the 56th ACW.
| Serial Number | Date Assigned | Date Left | Comments |
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| 64-17640 | 27 Feb 1965 | 7 Jun 1965 | Reassigned to 605th Air Commando Squadron. Glass nose. |
| 64-17640 | 15 Apr 1968 | 23 Oct 1969 | Came back to after serving in Panama. Stayed until assigned to Davis-Monthan. |
| 64-17641 | 22 Jan 1965 | 12 Jul 1967 | Sent back to OnMark, then over to Vietnam. Glass nose. |
| 64-17642 | 10 Jul 1964 | 21 Dec 1966 | Sent to Vietnam. |
| 64-17643 | 4 Aug 1964 | 11 Jun 1966 | Sent to Vietnam. See entry under 56th Special Operations Wing. |
| 64-17644 | 13 Aug 1964 | 8 Jan 1965 | Sent to Congo. Some sources suggest the plane went to Congo on 18 Aug 1964, but the inventory record shows a date of Jan 1965. |
| 64-17645 | 13 Aug 1964 | 8 Jan 1965 | Sent to Congo. Some sources suggest the plane went to Congo on 18 Aug 1964, but the inventory record shows a date of Jan 1965. |
| 64-17646 | 13 Aug 1964 | 8 Jan 1965 | Sent to Congo. Some sources suggest the plane went to Congo on 18 Aug 1964, but the inventory record shows a date of Jan 1965. |
| 64-17647 | 24 Aug 1964 | 8 Oct 1964 | Sent to Panama. |
| 64-17647 | 29 Jul 1968 | 22 Oct 1969 | Arrived from Panama. Sent to Davis-Monthan. |
| 64-17649 | 10 Sep 1964 | 28 Dec 1964 | Sent to Congo. |
| 64-17650 | 10 Sep 1964 | 11 Jun 1966 | Sent to Vietnam. |
| 64-17652 | 5 Oct 1964 | 27 Sep 1968 | Sent to Vietnam. |