9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing

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