56th Special Operations Wing - Revision history

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	The following excerpt comes from the History of the 56th Special Operations Wing - Oct-Dec 1969 Vol 1, ~~Page~~ 155: <br>		The following excerpt comes from the History of the 56th Special Operations Wing - Oct-Dec 1969 Vol 1, Pages 155-156: <br>

	This quarter marked the end of one of the 56th Special Operations Wing's most active tactical squadrons and the end of another era for a USAF aircraft, the A-26. On 1 December 1969 the 609th Special Operations Squadron was deactivated after more than 2 years of active service with the wing. It was activated in Aug 1967.		This quarter marked the end of one of the 56th Special Operations Wing's most active tactical squadrons and the end of another era for a USAF aircraft, the A-26. On 1 December 1969 the 609th Special Operations Squadron was deactivated after more than 2 years of active service with the wing. It was activated in Aug 1967.

	The A-26s tour of duty with the 56th Special Operations Wing first began nearly a year earlier as eight B-26s (as the A-26s were formerly known) were deployed TDY to Nakhon Phanom RTAFB under Operation "Big Eagle". [IHF NOTE: See: [[603rd Special Operations Squadron]] for complete list of planes participating in Big Eagle.] The B-26s were then redesignated A-26s.		The A-26s tour of duty with the 56th Special Operations Wing first began nearly a year earlier as eight B-26s (as the A-26s were formerly known) were deployed TDY to Nakhon Phanom RTAFB under Operation "Big Eagle". [IHF NOTE: See: [[603rd Special Operations Squadron]] for complete list of planes participating in Big Eagle.] The B-26s were then redesignated A-26s.

			Their operations proved so successful that they were kept on a permanent basis. In January 1967, the A-26s were merged with the [[606th Air Commando Squadron]] (now Special Operations Squadron). As their mission grew, the Nimrods gradually acquired more crews and aircraft. By December 1968, the [[609th Air Commando Squadron]] had a total of 18 aircraft.

			In the slightly more than 2 years of its existence, the 609th flew 7,159 combat sorties for a total of 19,762.7 combat flying hours. During this period, the Nimrods were credited with destroying 4,268 trucks and damaging 696 more. The Nimrods also destroyed 201 enemy gun emplacements and silenced an additional 696. The extremely high truck kill record, averaged slightly better than 1 truck destroyed or damaged for each one and one-half sortie flown. This was significantly higher than any other weapon system currently in use in the Southeast Asian Theater.

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	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 at Luke Air Force Base in Glende, AZ~~. (In fact, planes from this wing fly over my house every day)~~.<br>		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 at Luke Air Force Base in Glende, AZ. <br>
	[[File:56acw.jpg]] [[File:56SOW.jpg]]		[[File:56acw.jpg]] [[File:56SOW.jpg]]

			The following excerpt comes from the History of the 56th Special Operations Wing - Oct-Dec 1969 Vol 1, Page 155: <br>

			This quarter marked the end of one of the 56th Special Operations Wing's most active tactical squadrons and the end of another era for a USAF aircraft, the A-26. On 1 December 1969 the 609th Special Operations Squadron was deactivated after more than 2 years of active service with the wing. It was activated in Aug 1967.

			The A-26s tour of duty with the 56th Special Operations Wing first began nearly a year earlier as eight B-26s (as the A-26s were formerly known) were deployed TDY to Nakhon Phanom RTAFB under Operation "Big Eagle". [IHF NOTE: See: [[603rd Special Operations Squadron]] for complete list of planes participating in Big Eagle.] The B-26s were then redesignated A-26s.

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	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).<br>		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 at Luke Air Force Base in Glende, AZ. (In fact, planes from this wing fly over my house every day).<br>
	[[File:56acw.jpg]] [[File:56SOW.jpg]]		[[File:56acw.jpg]] [[File:56SOW.jpg]]

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	Captain Jim Gallazzi, Maintenance Officer, admires nose art on a plane in Vietnam. Sources report this plane to be 64-17646, but the number on the nose wheel door doesn't seem to corroborate that.<br/>		Captain Jim Gallazzi, Maintenance Officer, admires nose art on a plane in Vietnam. Sources report this plane to be 64-17646, but the number on the nose wheel door doesn't seem to corroborate that.<br/>
	[[File:Galluzzi. NKP..jpg\|400px]]		[[File:Galluzzi. NKP..jpg\|400px]]

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	==Images==		==Images==
	Captain Jim Gallazzi, Maintenance Officer, admires nose art on a plane in Vietnam. <br/>		Captain Jim Gallazzi, Maintenance Officer, admires nose art on a plane in Vietnam. Sources report this plane to be 64-17646, but the number on the nose wheel door doesn't seem to corroborate that.<br/>
	[[File:Galluzzi. NKP..jpg\|400px]]		[[File:Galluzzi. NKP..jpg\|400px]]

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			==Images==
			Captain Jim Gallazzi, Maintenance Officer, admires nose art on a plane in Vietnam. <br/>
			[[File:Galluzzi. NKP..jpg\|400px]]

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			\|[[64-17678]]
			\|8 Aug 1967
			\|13 Nov 1967
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			\|3 Aug 1967
			\|10 Nov 1969
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