page_title: 72nd Air Base Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 72nd Air Base Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: Emblem of the 72d Bombardment Wing (SAC)
context_page_description: The 72d Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. It is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The wing is also the host unit at Tinker.
  The diverse, multi-unit, multi-mission wing includes base services and support for the OC-ALC and associate organizations as well as dependents and retirees.
  Established in 1941, the 72d is a successor unit to the World War II 72d Reconnaissance Group combat organization that had earned Antisubmarine and American Theater campaign streamers. The 72d Bombardment Wing, Heavy was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's heavy bomber deterrent force throughout the Cold War. The wing earned two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, flying RB-36, B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, before its inactivation on 30 June 1971 in Puerto Rico.
  The 72d Air Base Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Melissa Erb.
context_section_description: The 72d Air Base Wing (72 ABW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC). It is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The wing is also the host unit at Tinker.
  The diverse, multi-unit, multi-mission wing includes base services and support for the OC-ALC and associate organizations as well as dependents and retirees.
  Established in 1941, the 72d is a successor unit to the World War II 72d Reconnaissance Group (Special) combat organization that had earned Antisubmarine and American Theater campaign streamers. The 72d Bombardment Wing, Heavy was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's heavy bomber deterrent force throughout the Cold War. The wing earned two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, flying RB-36, B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, before its inactivation on 30 June 1971 in Puerto Rico.
  The 72d Air Base Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Melissa Erb.
caption: Cold War Emblem of the 72d Bombardment Wing
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