00460947
4-4110-28
UNCLASSIFIED
2436570
01-01-1959
2436600
01-31-1959
WING/4135/STRATEGIC
HISTORY
K-WG-4135-HI
10767
P0044
1398
1438
37
2448241
12-15-1990
4135 STRATEGIC WING (4135 SW) WAS REASSIGNED (DURING JAN 59) FROM 2 AIR FORCE (2 AF) TO 822 AIR DIVISION (822 AD) IN 8 AF OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC). B-52 AIRCRAFT WERE ASSIGNED TO 4135 SW IN ORDER TO PERMIT PARTICIPATION BY 4135 SW IN SAC TEST PROGRAMS INVOLVING GUIDED AIRCRAFT MISSILE (GAM)-77. B-52 AIRCRAFT (MODIFIED FOR CARRYING GAM-77) ARRIVED AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) FL ON 7 JAN 59 FOR USE BY 4135 SW AIR PROVING GROUND CENTER IN CATEGORY I GAM-77 TEST PROGRAM. INITIAL PRIMARY MISSION RESPONSIBILITY OF 4135 SW WAS CONCERNED WITH GAM-77 TESTING PROGRAM (WHICH RECEIVED PRIORITY OVER OTHER 4135 SW RESPONSIBILITIES), EVEN THOUGH 4135 SW WOULD BE EVENTUALLY DESIGNATED AS COMBAT/READY WING.
NONE
2 AIR FORCE, UNIT MANNING DOCUMENT: 4135 STRATEGIC WING AGREEMENT: AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND/STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND; JOINT USE OF EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE FL BY 4135 STRATEGIC WING
INCLUDES SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. TITLES MODIFIED.