4158th Strategic Wing
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The 4158th Strategic Wing (4158th SW) is an inactive United States Air Force
unit, being inactivated on 25 June 1966.
The 4158th SW was a ground service support element for the Strategic Air Command
Fifteenth Air Force
, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division
, stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
. It was established on 1 November 1963 and inactivated on 25 June 1966. When activated, the wing assumed the resources (Manpower, Equipment, Weapons, & Facilities) of 4158th Combat Support Group, which was established on 1 July 1960. Throughout its existence it was in provisional status, controlled by Strategic Air Command
. Throughout its existence also it was subordinate to the Fifteenth Air Force
, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division
and stationed at Elmendorf AFB
The wing provided host station support functions primarily for SAC wing and support elements deployed to Alaska during REFLEX deployments from United States bases. Its major subordinate unit was the 73d Munitions Maintenance Squadron.
It was inactivated in 1966 when SAC moved out of Elmendorf and phased out operations in Alaska.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit, being inactivated on 25 June 1966.
The 4158th SW was a ground service support element for the Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
Fifteenth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division
18th Strategic Aerospace Division
The 18th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Fifteenth Air Force, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 2 July 1968....
, stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It was established on 1 November 1963 and inactivated on 25 June 1966. When activated, the wing assumed the resources (Manpower, Equipment, Weapons, & Facilities) of 4158th Combat Support Group, which was established on 1 July 1960. Throughout its existence it was in provisional status, controlled by Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
. Throughout its existence also it was subordinate to the Fifteenth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division
18th Strategic Aerospace Division
The 18th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Fifteenth Air Force, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 2 July 1968....
and stationed at Elmendorf AFB
The wing provided host station support functions primarily for SAC wing and support elements deployed to Alaska during REFLEX deployments from United States bases. Its major subordinate unit was the 73d Munitions Maintenance Squadron.
It was inactivated in 1966 when SAC moved out of Elmendorf and phased out operations in Alaska.