303d Aeronautical Systems Wing

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The 303d Aeronautical Systems Wing (303 ASW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Mission

History & Lineage

303d Bombardment Group

The 303d Bombardment Group flew B-17s from RAF Molesworth in England during World War II as part of the Eighth Air Force. The unit was inactivated in French Morocco on 25 July 1945, after participating in Project GREEN, the repatriation of POWs. While the group was reactivated and assigned to SAC on 1 July 1947, there is no evidence that the unit was ever manned. The 303d Bombardment Group was again inactivated on 6 September 1948. Redesignated the 303d Bombardment Group (Medium) and activated at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on 4 September 1951, the unit was equipped with B-29s. The unit was inactivated on 16 June 1951.

Operations

303d Bombardment Wing

The 303d Bombardment Wing, Medium was established on 27 August 1951, and activated at Davis-Monthan AFB on 4 September 1951. The wing operated B-29s until January 1952. The 9th AREFS, attached between 15 January and 5 October 1952, and again between 15 November 1952 and 25 April 1953, was equipped with KB-29s. On 20 January 1953, the 303d Bombardment Wing transitioned into B-47s for its three bomb squadrons. The 303d AREFS, equipped with KC-97s, was assigned to the wing between 18 February 1953 and 1 February 1956. The wing trained for SAC Electronic Warfare Operations.

Previous designations

* 303d Bombardment Wing, Medium ()

Assignments

Major command

*Strategic Air Command (1951-???)
*Air Force Material Command

Numbered Air Force

*Fifteenth Air Force (???)

ubordinate organizations

* 303d AREFS (1953-1956)
* 358th BS ()
* 359th BS ()
* 360th BS ()
* 427th BS ()

Bases stationed

*Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona (20 Jan 1953-15 Jun 1964)
*Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Aircraft operated

*B-29 (1951-1952)
*KB-29 (1952-1953)
*B-47 Stratojet (1952-???)
*KC-97 (1953-1956)

Decorations

* [http://wwa.afpc.randolph.af.mil/AwardsNet/SearchUnitAwards.aspx?Mode=Graphics Air Force Personnel Center Awards Search (Post-1991)]
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References

External links

* [http://www.wpafb.af.mil/ Wright-Patterson AFB Home Page]
* [http://usafengineers.com/modules.php?name=Units&file=details&id=163 303d Aeronautical Systems Wing]