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 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
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.