The 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing is an inactive United States Air Force

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...

 organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Weather Service, being stationed at McClellan Air Force Base

McClellan Air Force Base

McClellan Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, northeast of Sacramento, California...

, California. It was inactivated on 31 August 1975.

History

Supported units flying into tropical storms and typhoons in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Supported unit deployments overseas and space launches from Florida by supporting units flying along routes to provide weather data since. Supported units conducting atmospheric sampling and flying some non-weather reconnaissance and search and rescue missions over the Artic, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Lineage

• Constituted 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group, 8 February 1962

Re-designated: 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 July 1965

Inactivated on 31 August 1975

Assignments

• Military Air Transport Service
  Military Air Transport Service
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  , 8 February 1962
• Air Weather Service, 1 July 1965-31 August 1975

Components

• 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962-31 August 1975

Kindley AFB, Bermuda, 8 February 1962

Hunter AFB, Georgia, 31 Aug 1963

Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, 15 Jun 1966

Keesler AFB, Mississippi, 1 Jul 1973-31 August 1975

• 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  The 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. It was inactivated on 30 September 1987.-History:...
  
  : 8 February 1962-31 August 1975

Andersen AFB, Guam, 8 February 1962-31 August 1975

• 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  The 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 50th Operations Group, being stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. It was inactivated on 16 July 2002.-History:...
  
  : 8 February 1962-31 August 1975
• 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962-15 January 1972

Yokota AB, Japan, 8 February 1962-15 January 1972

• 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 16 February 1962-10 November 1969

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 16 February 1962

RAAF Base Laverton, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 1 September 1963 - 9 July 1965

Avalon Airport

Avalon Airport

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, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1965

Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 15 September 1965 – 10 November 1969

• 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  The 58th Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve squadron. Its last was assigned to the 4900th Test Group, stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico...
  
  : 1964-1965 (Dates undetermined)

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1964-1965

Aircraft

• WB-50D Superfortress, 1955-1965
• WB-47E Stratojet, 1963-1969
• WB-57D Canberra, 1964
• RB-57F Canberra, 1964-1958

• WB-57F Canberra, 1968-1974
• WC-135 Stratotanker, 196?-1975
• WC-130 Hercules
  WC-130 Hercules
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  , 1965-1975