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The 4158th Strategic Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force unit. It was active in Alaska from 1960 to 1966 as a control and support organization for
Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
(SAC) units deployed to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.


History and Operations

The 4158th Strategic Wing was organized in 1960 as the 4158th Combat Support Group, a command element for
Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
(SAC) units deployed to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. It was expanded to wing status in 1963. It first assigned to
Fifteenth Air Force The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force ...
, but on 1 July 1965 it was reassigned to the
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 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, where it was inactivated on 2 July 1968. History The 18th Composite ...
. The wing commanded SAC elements deployed to Alaska during Reflex deployments from United States bases. Reflex deployments placed Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bombers on alert at forward locations, such as Elmendorf. Its major subordinate unit was the 73d Munitions Maintenance Squadron, which managed the special weapons for deployed units. It also supported deployed reconnaissance assets and a Tanker Task Force. In 1964 the wing's buildings were damaged by an earthquake that shook Elmendorf. The 4158th was inactivated in 1966 after SAC Tanker Task Force commitments at Elmendorf terminated at the end of 1965. SAC operations in Alaska continued at Eielson Air Force Base.


Lineage

* Designated as the 4158th Combat Support Group and organized on 1 July 1960 : Redesignated 4158th Strategic Wing on 1 November 1963 * Discontinued on 25 June 1966


Assignments

* Fifteenth Air Force: 1 July 1960 * 18th Strategic Aerospace Division: 1 July 1965 - 25 June 1966


Components

* 73d Aviation Depot Squadron (later 73d Munitions Maintenance Squadron): 1 July 1960 - 25 June 1966


Stations

* Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska: 1 July 1960 - 25 June 1966


Notes


References

* {{Strategic Air Command Strategic wings of the United States Air Force Four Digit Wings of the United States Air Force Military units and formations established in 1960 Military units and formations disestablished in 1966