1 July 1963 – 25 June 1966 4453d Combat Crew Training Wing, 1 July 1964 – 30 September 1971 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 25 June 1966 – 30 September 1976 355th Fighter Wing (various designations) 1 July 1971 – present 432d Tactical Drone Group, 1 July 1976 – 1 April 1979 836th Air Division, 1 January 1981 – 1 May 1992 55th Electronic Combat Group, 1 April 1992 – present Twelfth Air Force, 1 October 1992 – present 563d Rescue Group, 1 October 2003 – present 943d Rescue Group, 12 April 2005 – present See also Arizona World War II Army Airfields List of United States Air Force installations Pima Air & Space Museum – located adjacent to the base References Notes Bibliography Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office (1983) [1961], Office of Air Force History, . Mueller, Robert. Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1989. Purner, J. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004. . Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. . Rogers, Brian. United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications, 2005. . External links Desert Lightning News – base newspaper Installations of the United States Air Force in Arizona Initial United States Air Force installations Airports in Pima County, Arizona Installations of Strategic Air Command Economy of Tucson, Arizona Aircraft boneyards Transportation in Tucson, Arizona Buildings and structures in Tucson, Arizona Border guards Post-World War II aircraft storage facilities