# List of USAF Reconnaissance wings assigned to Strategic Air Command

This is a list of United States Air Force Strategic Reconnaissance Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1946 to 1992 when SAC was disestablished. At the bottom of the list is a gallery of images of example mission equipment used by these Wings.
Note: Due to the United States Air Force common practice of redesignating units, bases and equipment, links that you will find in this list may take you to an article with different headings than you might expect. If you continue to read through that article, you will find the subject linked from.
Reconnaissance Wings Assigned to Strategic Air Command :
| Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Designation | Activated or Redesignated | Base Assigned | Mission Equipment | Redesignated or Inactivated | New Designation |
| 5th SRW | Constituted (1 Jul 1949) | Mountain Home AFB (1 Jul 1949) Fairfield-Suisun AFB (Nov 1949) | RB-17G F-2 F-9 F-13 RB-29 RB-36D | Oct 1955 | Redesignated as 5th Bomb Wing |
| 6th SRW | Redesignated (25 Mar 1967) as 6th Strategic Wing Redesignated (1 Apr 1988) as 6th SRW | Eilson AFB (1965) | KC-135 RC-135 TC-135 | 1 Sep 1992 | (Inactivated) |
| 9th SRW | Redesignated (25 Jun 1966) as 9th SRW Redesignated (1 Sep 1991) as 9th Wing Redesignated (1 Oct 1993) as 9th Strategic Wing | Beale AFB (25 Jun 1966) | SR-71 U-2 TR-1 KC-135 T-38 MC-12 | | (Still Operational) |
| 26th SRW | Constituted (9 May 1952) Activated (28 May 1952) | Lockbourne AFB | RB-47 KC-97 | 1 Jul 1958 | (Inactivated) |
| 28th SRW | Redesignated (1 Apr 1950) as 28th SRW Redesignated (16 Jul 1950) as 28th SRW, Heavy | Rapid City AFB | RB-29 RB-36D GRB-36D | 1 Oct 1955 | Redesignated as 28th Bomb Wing, Heavy |
| 55th SRW | Redesignated (27 Oct 1950) as 55th SRW, Medium Activated (1 Nov 1950) Redesignated (1 Sep 1991) as 55th Wing | Ramey AFB (1 Nov 1950) Forbes AFB (5 Oct 1952) Offutt AFB (16 Aug 1966) | RB-29 RB-50 RB-47E KC-97 E-4A E-4B C-135 EC-135 KC-135 RC-135 NKC-135 OC-135 TC-135 WC-135 EC-130 T-38 SM-65 | | (Still Operational) |
| 68th SRW, Medium | Constituted (4 Oct 1951) Activated (10 Oct 1951) | Lake Charles AFB (Oct 10, 1951) | RB-29 KC-97 | 16 Jun 1952 | Redesignated as 68th Bomb Wing, Medium |
| 70th SRW | Established (23 Mar 1953) Activated (14 Jan 1955) | Lockbourne AFB (23 Mar 1953) Little Rock AFB (19 Oct 1955) | RB-47E KC-97 | 25 Oct 1961 | (Inactivated) |
| 71st SRW, Fighter | Redesignated (4 Nov 1954) as 71st SRW, Fighter Activated (24 Jan 1955) | Larson AFB | GRB-36 RF-84K (GRF-84) RF-84F | 1 Jul 1957 | (Inactivated) |
| 72d SRW, Heavy | Constituted (4 Jun 1952) Activated (16 Jun 1952) | Ramey AFB | RB-36 | 1 Oct 1955 | Redesignated as 72d Bomb Wing, Heavy |
| 90th SRW, Medium | Redesignated (16 Jun 1952) as 90th SRW, Medium | Forbes AFB | RB-29 RB-47 KB-29 KC-97 | 20 Jun 1960 | (Inactivated) |
| 91st SRW | Constituted (11 Oct 1948) Activated (10 Nov 1948) Redesignated (6 Jul 1950) as 91st SRW, Medium | McGuire AFB (11 Oct 1948) Barksdale AFB (1 Oct 1949) Lockbourne AFB (11 Sep 1951) | RB-29J KB-29 KC-97 RB-45C YRB-47 B-17G B-50 RB-47E | 8 Nov 1957 | (Inactivated) |
| 99th SRW, Heavy | Activated (1 Jan 1953) | Fairchild AFB (1 Jan 1953) | RB-36 GRB-36D | 1 Oct 1955 | Redesignated as 99th Bomb Wing, Heavy |
| 100th SRW | Redesignated (25 Jun 1966) as 100th SRW | Davis-Monthan AFB | U-2 BQM-34 WB-57 | 30 Sep 1976 | Redesignated as 100th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy |
| 4080th SRW | Designated (1 May 1956) as 4080th SRW, Light Redesignated (15 Jun 1960) as 4080th Strategic Wing | Turner AFB (1 May 1956) | U-2 RB-57D | 25 Jun 1966 | (Discontinued) |
| 4200th SRW | Constituted (Dec 1964) Activated (1 Jan 1965) | Beale AFB (1 Jan 1965) | T-38 SR-71 | 25 Jun 1966 | (Discontinued) |

## Mission Equipment

The following gallery shows one example of each type of aircraft used by these reconnaissance wings as Mission Equipment.
* B-17G
* B-47
* B-50
* BQM-34
* C-135
* E-4
* EC-130E
* EC-135
* F-13
* F-2
* F-9
* RB-36
* KB-29
* KC-135
* KC-97
* MC-12
* NKC-135
* OC-135
* RB-17G (same as B-17 above)
* RB-29
* RB-36D
* RB-45C
* RB-47E (Same as B-47 above)
* RB-50 (Same as B-50 above)
* RB-57D
* RC-135
* RF-84F
* RF-84K Thunderflash (FICON)
* SM-65
* SR-71
* T-38
* TC-135
* U-2
* WB-57
* WC-135