page_title: 499th Air Refueling Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 499th Air Refueling Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: 499th Bombardment Group B-29 over Mount Fuji 1945
context_page_description: The 499th Air Refueling Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last active at Westover AFB, Massachusetts in June 1966.
  The wing was first activated as the 499th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces, which flew combat in the Pacific Theater of Operations as part of Twentieth Air Force during World War II. The 499th BG engaged in very heavy Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment operations against Japan for which it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations. Its aircraft were identified by a "V" and a square painted on the tail.
  The 499th Air Refueling Wing was an air refueling and airborne command and control unit active from 1963 to 1966. In 1984 USAF consolidated the group and wing into a single unit sharing a common history.
context_section_description: The 499th Air Refueling Wing is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) unit that was last active at Westover AFB, Massachusetts in June 1966.
  The wing was first activated as the 499th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces, which flew combat in the Pacific Theater of Operations as part of Twentieth Air Force during World War II. The 499th BG engaged in very heavy Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment operations against Japan for which it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations. Its aircraft were identified by a "V" and a square painted on the tail.
  The 499th Air Refueling Wing was an air refueling and airborne command and control unit active from 1963 to 1966.  In 1984 USAF consolidated the group and wing into a single unit sharing a common history.
caption: 499th Bomb Group B-29 Superfortress over Mount Fuji in 1945.
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