319th Reconnaissance Wing, US Air Force
319TH RECONNAISSANCE WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 319 Bombardment Wing, Light, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949. Inactivated on 2 September 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 10 October 1949. Ordered to active service on 10 March 1951. Inactivated on 28 March 1951. Redesignated as 319 Fighter-Bomber Wing on 12 April 1955. Activated in the Reserve on 18 May 1955. Inactivated on 16 November 1957. Redesignated as 319 Bombardment Wing, Heavy, and activated, on 15 November 1962. Organized on 1 February 1963. Redesignated as: 319 Wing on 1 September 1991; 319 Bomb Wing on 1 June 1992; 319 Air Refueling Wing on 1 October 1993; 319 Air Base Wing on 1 March 2011; 319 Reconnaissance Wing on 28 June 2019. The 319 Bombardment Wing replaced the 514 Troop Carrier Wing in October 1949 and performed Reserve training until ordered to active service in March 1951, when wing personnel were used to fill other USAF units. In May of 1955 it replaced the 8710 Pilot Training Wing, and again performed Reserve training and, from July 1956 through Aug 1957, maintained two F-84s on “runway alert” at Memphis Municipal Airport under operational control of 20 Air Division, Air Defense Command. It was replaced by the 445 Troop Carrier Wing in November 1957 and the 319 replaced the 4133 Strategic Wing in February 1963. During the following years, it conducted global bombardment training and air refueling operations to meet Strategic Air Command (SAC) commitments, earning the Omaha Trophy as the outstanding wing in SAC for 1978. It participated in a SAC program to test admission of females to the inflight refueling career field, January-December 1979. The wing converted from B-52 to B-1 bombers, 1986-1987 and flew training missions with conventional and nuclear configurations. Tanker crews assigned to the wing assisted in air refueling efforts during the invasion of Panama, December 1989. It deployed tankers to Oman, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to provide air refueling and cargo missions in Southwest Asia, August 1990-April 1991. The wing briefly lost its refueling mission in September 1992, but in October 1993, having lost its bombardment squadron, regained the refueling mission. The 319 Air Refueling Wing supported worldwide Tanker Task Forces, as well as, combat operations in Southwest Asia, Central Europe, and antidrug operations in Central America by providing air refueling for combat aircraft, 1993-2010.
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The Emblem was approved on 6 January 1964.
Literature: Wikimedia Commons
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