This visit from the 416th Bomb Wing will be over by the end of the week.
In addition, the bomb wing there is not scheduled to be operational until October first.
The more numerous B-24 groups used a standardized scheme for its four bomb wings.
It is home to the 7th Bomb Wing, which consists of four groups.
Prior to that each bomb wing had 3 squadrons of 15 aircraft.
The 7th was the first bomb wing to receive the B-36 Peacemaker.
In addition, the 325th Bomb Wing, of'which the 470th was a part.
The group was assigned to the 3d Bomb Wing.
The statistics compiled for the 3d Bomb Wing was staggering.
In the bigger picture, it was a three-wing effort by the 73rd, 313th and 314th Bomb Wings.