Stratojet in 1953 305th Bombardment Wing, (B-29, 1951–1953) Activated in January 1951 MacDill AFB, Florida Tail Code: Unknown 364th Bombardment Squadron 365th Bombardment Squadron 366th Bombardment Squadron Replaced by B-47 Stratojet in 1952 310th Bombardment Wing, (B-29, 1952–1954) Activated in March 1952 Forbes AFB, Kansas; Shilling AFB, Kansas Tail Code: Unknown 379th Bombardment Squadron 380th Bombardment Squadron 381st Bombardment Squadron Replaced by B-47 Stratojet in 1954 320th Bombardment Wing, (B-29, 1952–1953) Activated in December 1952 March AFB, California Tail Code: Circle-A 441st Bombardment Squadron 442d Bombardment Squadron 443d Bombardment Squadron 444th Bombardment Squadron Replaced by B-47 Stratojet in 1953 376th Bombardment Wing, (B-29, 1951–1954) Activated in May 1951 Forbes AFB, Kansas; Barksdale AFB, Louisiana Tail Code: Unknown 512th Bombardment Squadron 513th Bombardment Squadron 514th Bombardment Squadron Replaced by B-47 Stratojet in 1954 506th Strategic Fighter Wing Dow AFB, Maine 506th Air Refueling Squadron (KB-29, 1954–1955) Tactical Air Command After the Korean War and the phaseout of the B-29/KB-29 from SAC, KB-29s were acquired by Tactical Air Command to serve as dedicated aerial refueling tankers for Tactical Fighter aircraft to give TAC a worldwide deployment capability separate from SAC. However, it was found that the KB-29 was totally unsuitable for the refuelling of jet fighters because they were too slow. The KB-29s were replaced beginning in 1956 with faster KB-50s. 420th Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1954–1955) (USAFE) 421st Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1954–1955) (PACAF) 427th Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1956–1959) 429th Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1954–1958) 431st Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1957) 622d Air Refueling Squadron, (KB-29M, 1955–1957) Air Resupply And Communications Service During the Cold War, the Military Air Transport Service the controlling command for Air Commando units which performed special operations during the 1950s, including during the Korean War. As part of the equipment used by the Air Resupply And Communications Service (ARCS) were B-29s modified for special operations missions. 580th Air Resupply and Communications Wing, (B-29, 1951–1956) 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing, (B-29, 1951–1956) 582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing, (B-29, 1952–1956) Air Weather Service Air Weather Service (part of Military Air Transport Service) received their first B-29s in various versions (B-29, RB-29, TB-29, WB-29) in 1946 AWS initially used B-29s in support of the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Weather reconnaissance duties required special variant of the B-29. Armament and related equipment was removed and in place of upper forward turret astrodome