56th Special Operations Wing
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| Wing: 56th Air Commando Wing 56th Special Operations Wing | |||
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| 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.
| Serial Number | Date Assigned | Date Left | Comments |
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| 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. |