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Revision as of 16:22, 29 September 2020

56th Special Ops Wing
56thACW.jpg
Air Force:
Division:
Wing: 56th Air Commando Wing

56th Special Operations Wing

Active:
Theater
Motto:
Aircraft: Douglas B-26K


This unit was originally called the 56th Air Commando Wing. The name was changed in 1968 to the 56th Special Operations Wing. Two of the unit's patches can be seen below.
56acw.jpg 56SOW.jpg


Units

603rd Special Operations Squadron, Detachment-1 (Attached)
606th Special Operations Squadron
609th 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.


Serial Number Date Assigned Date Left Comments
64-17641 30 Sep 1967 29 Dec 1967 Shot down by AA.
64-17642 21 Dec 1966 27 Aug 1967 Shot down.