9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing

9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing
Emblem of the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing
Active	1962-1975
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Role	Reconnaissance
Part of	Air Weather Service

9th Weather Reconnaissance Group - Emblem, 1962-1965

The 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Weather Service, being stationed at McClellan Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 31 August 1975.

History

Supported units flying into tropical storms and typhoons in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Supported unit deployments overseas and space launches from Florida by supporting units flying along routes to provide weather data since. Supported units conducting atmospheric sampling and flying some non-weather reconnaissance and search and rescue missions over the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Lineage

• Constituted 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group, 8 February 1962

Re-designated: 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 July 1965

Inactivated on 31 August 1975

Assignments

• Military Air Transport Service, 8 February 1962
• Air Weather Service, 1 July 1965 – 31 August 1975

Stations

• McClellan AFB, California, 8 February 1962 – 31 August 1975

Components

• 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962 – 31 August 1975

Kindley AFB, Bermuda, 8 February 1962

Hunter AFB, Georgia, 31 Aug 1963

Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, 15 Jun 1966

Keesler AFB, Mississippi, 1 Jul 1973-31 August 1975

• 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962 – 31 August 1975

Andersen AFB, Guam, 8 February 1962-31 August 1975

• 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962 – 31 August 1975
• 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 February 1962 – 15 January 1972

Yokota AB, Japan, 8 February 1962-15 January 1972

• 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 16 February 1962 – 10 November 1969

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 16 February 1962

RAAF Base Laverton, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 1 September 1963 - 9 July 1965

Avalon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1965

Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 15 September 1965 – 10 November 1969

• 1211th Test Squadron (Sampling), 7 August 1962 – 8 June 1963

Assets reassigned to: 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 February 1964-1 July 1974

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico

Aircraft

• WB-50D Superfortress, 1955-1965
• WB-47E Stratojet, 1963-1969
• WB-57D Canberra, 1964
• RB-57F Canberra, 1964-1958

• WB-57F Canberra, 1968-1974
• WC-135 Stratotanker, 196?-1975
• WC-130 Hercules, 1965-1975

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing