1st Special Operations Wing

1st Special Ops Wing
Air Force:
Division:
Wing: 1st Air Commando Wing 1st Special Operations Wing
Active:
Theater
Motto: Anyplace, Anytime
Aircraft: Douglas B-26K

This unit was formed from the 4410th Combat Crew Training Squadron, and then it went through several organizational and name changes, including the 1st Air Commando Wing. The name was changed in 1968 to the 1st Special Operations Wing.

Units

4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron
4410th Combat Crew Training Squadron
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
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.
64-17654	21 Oct 1964	9 Aug 1967	Sent back to OnMark, then Vietnam.
64-17655	7 Jul 1968	23 Oct 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan for storage.
64-17656	11 Nov 1964	22 Dec 1964	Destroyed in a crash during a low-level tactics exercise.
64-17657	29 Apr 1968	23 Oct 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan for Storage.
64-17658	18 Nov 1967	23 Oct 1969	Left in Aug 1966 for modification work, returned Jan 1967. Left Oct 1967 for work at OnMark, returned Nov 1967.
64-17660	1 Dec 1964	1 Dec 1966	Went to Brookley AFB for 2 weeks in Nov 1965, and then to SMAAR in May 1966. Sent to Vietnam.
64-17662	12 Dec 1964	31 May 1966	Although listed with the unit, the plane was actually in the Congo during the entire time and then it went directly to Vietnam.
64-17664	31 Dec 1964	1 Dec 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17664	27 Apr 1968	23 Oct 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan for storage.
64-17665	7 Jan 1965	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17666	30 Jan 1965	1 Nov 1968	Sent to SMAAR in May 1966 & May 1968. Sent to Vietnam.
64-17667	17 Jan 1965	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17668	22 Jan 1965	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17669	3 Feb 1965	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17670	5 Feb 1965	1 Nov 1968	Went to MOAAR Jan 1966, OnMark Nov 1967, & SMAAR Jun 1968. Sent to Vietnam.
64-17671	17 Feb 1965	11 Jun 1965	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17671	20 Oct 1967	21 Nov 1967	Returned from Vietnam. Sent back to Vietnam.
64-17672	23 Feb 1966	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17673	8 Mar 1965	21 Dec 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17674	10 Mar 1965	1 Jan 1969	Sent to SMAAR May 1966, and OnMark Aug 1967. Destroyed in crash 1 Jan 1969.
64-17675	20 Mar 1965	1 Dec 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17675	5 Sep 1968	29 Oct 1968	Returned from Vietnam. Sent back to Vietnam.
64-17676	24 Mar 1965	11 Jun 1966	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17676	6 Sep 1967	23 Oct 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan AFB for storage.
64-17677	15 Apr 1965	30 Jun 1966	Sent to SMAAR, then to Vietnam.
64-17678	15 Apr 1965	8 Aug 1967	Sent to Vietnam.
64-17678	22 Feb 1968	24 Oct 1969	Sent to Davis-Monthan AFB for storage.
64-17679	15 Apr 1965	23 Oct 1969	Went to SMAAR Nov 1967. Sent to Davis-Monthan AFB for Storage.