page_title: 307th Bomb Wing
section_title: Korean War
hierarchical_section_title: 307th Bomb Wing / History / Korean War
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress from the 307th Bomb Group bombing a target in Korea, circa 1950-51.
context_page_description: The 307th Bomb Wing is an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. If mobilized, the wing is gained by Air Force Global Strike Command.
  The wing was first activated in 1947 as part of the test of the Wing Base Organization system as the 307th Bombardment Wing as the headquarters for the 307th Bombardment Group and its supporting organizations. It served in the Korean War, where it earned a Presidential Unit Citation. It served as a strategic bomber organization until inactivated in 1945.
  The wing was again activated as the 307th Strategic Wing in 1970 at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. It managed deployed Strategic Air Command tankers and bombers participating in combat operations in Southeast Asia until it was inactivated on 30 September 1975.
  With the divestiture of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from AFRC's composite 917th Wing at Barksdale AFB and reassignment to an AFRC fighter wing, the 917 WG was inactivated and its B-52 Stratofortress aircraft transferred to the reactivated 307th Bomb Wing on 8 January 2011.
context_section_description: In August 1950, the 307th deployed to Okinawa.  Detached from Strategic Air Command (SAC), it began operations under Far East Air Forces Bomber Command, Provisional.  The attached 306th Bombardment Group transferred to its parent wing on 1 September 1950 and until 10 February 1951 the 307th had no tactical mission.  On that date, wing resources were used to form the 6th Air Division at MacDill and the wing deployed without personnel to Kadena Air Base, where it absorbed resources of the 307th Bomb Group and began flying combat missions.
  During the Korean War, the 307th Bomb Wing received a Presidential Unit Citation for its extraordinary heroism in action against an enemy of the United Nations during the period of 11 to 27 July 1953. During this time it flew 93 sorties and dropped 860 tons of bombs on targets at the North Korean Simanju Airfield, where, despite severe airframe icing, intense enemy anti-aircraft fire and co-ordinated searchlight and fighter opposition, it rendered the airfield unserviceable.  The 307th also flew the last B-29 Superfortress combat mission on 23 July 1953.
  By the end of the hostilities, the wing (including its tactical group) had flown 5,810 combat sorties in 573 combat missions.  The wing remained in the Far East, required to maintain combat readiness, and on 15 August 1953 Kadena became its permanent base.
caption: A 307th BG B-29 bombing a target in Korea, 1950–51.
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