01113577
SECRET
2448439
07-01-1991
2448988
12-31-1992
WING/0096
HISTORY
K-WG-96-HI V.1
VOL I OF VI
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10-01-1996
96 BOMBARDMENT WING REDESIGNATED 96 WING (WG) AND BECAME COMPONENT OF NEW AIR COMBAT COMMAND (ACC) UPON INACTIVATION OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC). UNITED STATES NUCLEAR FORCES REMOVED FROM ALERT. COL JOHNNY GRIFFIN REPLACED COL WILLIAM J. EHRIE AS COMMANDER. BRIG GEN JERROLD P. ALLEN ASSUMED COMMAND ON 22 JUN 1992. ON 1 SEP 1991, WING REORGANIZED UNDER OBJECTIVE WING CONCEPT WITH 96 OPERATIONS GROUP (OG), 96 LOGISTICS GROUP (LG), 96 SUPPORT GROUP (SPG), AND 96 MEDICAL GROUP (MG). COL RALPH PASINI ASSUMED COMMAND OF 96 OG. COL WILLIAM E. PELLERIN ASSIGNED AS COMMANDER, 96 LG. COL ARTHUR W. MAGNUSON TOOK COMMAND OF 96 MG. 96 COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (CSG) REDESIGNATED 96 SPG. COL JAMES N. GABRIEL REPLACED COL MICHAEL A. LOCK AS SUPPORT GROUP COMMANDER. WING AIRCRAFT WERE B-1B, KC-135, AND T-38. WING PARTICIPATED IN BUSINESS EFFORT MISSIONS AND ADVANCED COPILOT ENRICHMENT (ACE) PROGRAM. FIGHTER INTERCEPT TRAINING PROVIDED B-1B CREWS WITH ABILITY TO TEST SKILLS. DEPLOYMENTS AND EXERCISES INCLUDED PROUD SHIELD AND MIGHTY FORCE. WING CONDUCTED LOCAL READINESS EXERCISES AND UNDERWENT HIGHER HEADQUARTERS INSPECTION.
FOUO PRIVILEGED RD
NEWELL, CHARLES E. ** WING/0096/BOMBARDMENT, HEAVY