Crest of the 5th Bomb Wing

In the United States Air Force, the 5th Bomb Wing (5BW) is a B-52 Stratofortress unit based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. It is the host unit at the base. Its current commander is Colonel Eldon Woodie. The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. ... A B-52 in flight The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range strategic bomber flown by the United States Air Force since 1952, replacing the Convair B-36 and the Boeing B-47. ... Minot Air Force Base (Minot AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Ward County, North Dakota, 15 km (8 mi) north of Minot. ... State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Other U.S. States Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Senators Kent Conrad (D) Byron Dorgan (D) Official language(s) English Area 183 272 km² (19th)  - Land 178 839 km²  - Water 4 432 km² (2. ...

Lineage

Established as 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 1 Jul 1949. Activated on 16 Jul 1949. Redesignated 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Heavy on 14 Nov 1950; 5th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 1 Oct 1955; 5th Wing on 1 Sep 1991; 5th Bomb Wing on 1 Jun 1992.

Assignments

311th Air Division, 16 Jul 1949; Second Air Force, 1 Nov 1949 (attached to 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 12 Nov 1949-); Fifteenth Air Force, 1 Apr 1950 (remained attached to 9th Bombardment Wing to 10 Feb 1951); 14th Air (later, 14th Strategic Aerospace) Division, 10 Feb 1951 (attached to 3d Air Division, 14 Jan-12 Apr 1955); 810th Strategic Aerospace Division, 25 Jul 1968; 47th Air Division, 30 Jun 1971; Fifteenth Air Force, 30 Nov 1972 (attached to 810th Air Division Provisional, 30 Nov 1972-14 Jan 1973); 47th Air Division, 15 Jan 1973; 57th Air Division, 22 Jan 1975; Fifteenth Air Force, 14 Jun 1991; Eighth Air Force, 1 Sep 1991-. The Second Air Force was formed in the United States to provide air defense and train personnel of newly formed units in World War II. The Second was briefly a part of Air Defense Command after the war. ... Activated on November 1, 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was established as part of the U.S. Army Air Force in the World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a strategic air force and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed. ... The Eighth Air Force was a World War II, United States Army Air Force unit, which carried out day-time bombing operations in western Europe from airfields in eastern England from 1942. ...

Components

• Groups.
  • 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Group (later, 5th Operations): 16 Jul 1949-16 Jun 1952 (detached 12 Nov 1949-10 Feb 1951); 1 Sep 1991-.

External link

• 5th Bomb Wing page at www.minot.af.mil