56th Special Operations Wing

56th Special Ops Wing
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. Today this unit exists as the 56th Fighter Wing and is based in Phoenix, AZ. (In fact, planes from this wing fly over my house every day).

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.

64-17649

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.
64-17643	11 Jun 1966	25 Jul 1966	Destroyed in crash. Was attached to the 606 ACS, 56 AWC, but on paper was part of the 603 ACS, 1 ACW.
64-17644	1 Nov 1967	12 Nov 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan for storage.
64-17645	31 May 1967	10 Nov 1969	Scuttled in Vietnam in 1975.
64-17646	6 Aug 1967	8 Jul 1969	Crashed during combat.
64-17648	4 oct 1967	30 Apr 1968	Shot down by AA.
13 May 1967	10 Nov 1969	Scrapped.