99th Air Base Wing, US Air Force

99TH AIR BASE WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 99 Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 January 1942. Activated on 1 June 1942. Redesignated as 99 Bombardment Group, Heavy, on 30 September 1944. Inactivated on 8 November 1945. Redesignated as 99 Bombardment Group, Very Heavy, on 13 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 29 May 1947. Inactivated on 27 June 1949. Consolidated (31 January 1984) with the 99 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Heavy, which was established, and activated, on 1 January 1953. Redesignated as 99 Bombardment Wing, Heavy, on 1 October 1955. Inactivated on 31 March 1974. Redesignated as 99 Strategic Weapons Wing on 22 June 1989. Activated on 10 August 1989. Redesignated as: 99 Tactics and Training Wing on 1 September 1991; 99 Wing on 15 June 1993; 99 Air Base Wing on 1 October 1995.

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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 7 February 1958; latest rendering, 23 August 2018.

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