3918th Strategic Wing


The 3918th Strategic Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, discontinued on 31 March 1965.
The 3918th SW was a ground service support element for the Strategic Air Command 7th Air Division, stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It was upgraded to wing status on 1 February 1964 and discontinued on 31 March 1965. Throughout most of its existence it was controlled by Strategic Air Command, under the 7th Air Division and stationed at RAF Upper Heyford.
The wing provided host station support functions primarily for SAC B/RB-36 Peacemaker, B-47 Stratojet, B-52 Stratofortess, & KC-97 Tanker Wing and Support Elements deployed to Upper Heyford during REFLEX deployments from United States bases. In addition to its assigned units, the 1st Aviation Field Depot Squadron and the 11th Aviation Depot Squadron, which were assigned to 7th AD and attached to the wing and were responsible for the control of special weapons at Upper Heyford.
It was inactivated in 1965 and replaced by USAFE's 7514th Combat Support Group as the host base operating unit when SAC turned control over Upper Heyford to the United States Air Forces in Europe. Detachment 1, 98th Strategic Wing assumed the SAC mission.

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