00455696 6-3388-1 SECRET 2439035 10-01-1965 2439216 03-31-1966

WING/0320/BOMBARDMENT (HEAVY)

HISTORY K-WG-320-HI V.1 VOL I OF IV 14415 N0376 1010 1614 35 2447945 02-22-1990 FOREWORD STATES THAT WING SUPPORTED STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND'S NORMAL NUCLEAR ALERT OBLIGATIONS DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND THEN DEPLOYED FOR COMBAT DUTY OVER SOUTH VIETNAM, 1 DEC 65 THROUGH 31 MAR 66. STATES THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING 320 BOMBARDMENT WING MAY BE FOUND IN HISTORIES OF 4252 STRATEGIC WING, KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, 3960 STRATEGIC WING, ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM, AND 454 BOMBARDMENT WING, COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE MS. UNDERWENT 15 AIR FORCE OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTION. PARTICIPATED IN JET RACER MISSION. PARTICIPATED IN SNAKE POT MISSION. FLEW B-52 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES MARINES OPERATION HARVEST MOON. STATES THAT FIRST CIVILIAN NEWSMAN FLEW ON B-52 AIRCRAFT COMBAT MISSION. STATES THAT BRIG GEN JAMES STEWART FLEW B-52 COMBAT MISSION. FIRST M-35 INCENDIARY BOMB MISSION NOTED. WING DELIVERED OVER 50,000 BOMBS TO TARGETS. FIRST COMBAT SORTY BY B-52D AIRCRAFT NOTED. WING FLEW MORE THAN 1000 EFFECTIVE SORTIES. FIRST MISSION FLOWN WITH VIDEO TAPE EQUIPMENT ON B-52 AIRCRAFT NOTED. REDEPLOYMENT TO MATHER AIR FORCE BASE CA BEGAN. INCLUDES MISSION NARRATIVES. INCLUDES SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS NUMBERED 1 THROUGH 20 AND PHOTOGRAPHS. NOFORN RD