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 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.
Strategic Reconnaissance
Wing Designation		Activated or
Redesignated		Base AssignedMission
Equipment		Redesignated
or Inactivated		New Designation
5th SRWConstituted Oct 1955Redesignated as 5th Bomb Wing
6th SRWEilson AFB 1 Sep 1992
9th SRWBeale AFB
26th SRWLockbourne AFB1 Jul 1958
28th SRWRapid City AFB1 Oct 1955Redesignated as

Mission Equipment

The following gallery shows one example of each type of aircraft used by these reconnaissance wings as Mission Equipment.