The 3079th Aviation Depot Wing, Air Material Command, United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, was a WMD

WMD

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 unit of key strategic importance and special weapons storage wing active until 1962.

It had five Aviation Depot Groups storing nuclear weapons, The 3080th Aviation Depot Group at Caribou AFS / Loring AFB, ME (17 Dec 1951 - 1 Jul 1962); 3081st Aviation Depot Group at Rushmore AFS / Ellsworth AFB. SD (4 Feb 1952 - 1 Jul 1962); 3082nd Aviation Depot Group at Deep Creek AFS / Fairchild AFB, WA (4 Apr 52 - 1 Jul 1962); 3083rd Aviation Depot Group at Fairfield AFS / Travis AFB. CA (4 Sep 1952 - 1 Jul 1962); & 3084th Aviation Depot Group at Stoney Brook AFS / Westover AFB. MA (17 Mar 54 - 1 Jul 1962); and three squadrons which transported special weapons worldwide using C-124 Globemaster II

C-124 Globemaster II

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 aircraft. The 7th Logistic Support Squadron at Robins Air Force Base

Robins Air Force Base

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, Warner Robins, Georgia

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 was one of them, and there were two other sister squadrons, the 28th Logistic Support Squadron based in Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base

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, Ogden, Utah

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 and the 19th Logistic Support Squadron based in Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas

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The 3079th ADW was inactivated effective 1 July 1962.