in Italy after VE Day until October 1945, when it returned to the United States and was inactivated on arrival at the port of embarkation. Strategic Air Command In May 1952 the 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was activated under Strategic Air Command as one of two Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, but was not fully manned until January 1953. The wing performed strategic reconnaissance and air refueling missions. The wing became non-operational in April 1958 and was inactivated in July. Tactical Reconnaissance in Europe The 5th Group and 26th Wing were consolidated in 1965 as the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and served for the next twenty-six years with United States Air Forces Europe. Exercising control of a deployed Aerospace Defense Command squadron, it also performed electronic countermeasure training through the late 1960s. From 1968 to 1973, it added an air defense responsibility. It performed day and night visual and photographic reconnaissance. From the fall of 1972 to spring of 1973 the wing also had a special operations mission. With the end of the Cold War in 1990, the wing was gradually phased down. In addition, the 1960s-era McDonnell RF-4C Phantoms were increasingly costing more and more to maintain. Tactical reconnaissance was being handled by other means, and the need for the wing was becoming less critical to USAFE planners. As a result, the RF-4Cs of the wing were sent to AMARC on 1 April 1991 and the wing's remaining tactical squadron was inactivated. The wing was inactivated on 31 July 1991. Intelligence operations The 26th Intelligence Wing was activated in October. It was renamed the 26th Information Operations Wing in 2000 and inactivated in 2006. Lineage 5th Reconnaissance Group Established as the 5th Photographic Group on 14 July 1942 Activated on 23 July 1942 Redesignated 5th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group on 15 May 1943 Redesignated 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 15 August 1943 Redesignated 5th Photographic Group, Reconnaissance on 13 November 1943 Redesignated 5th Reconnaissance Group on 4 May 1945 Inactivated on 28 October 1945 Disbanded on 6 March 1947 Reconstituted and consolidated with 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 19 April 1965 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Constituted as the 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Medium on 9 May 1952 Activated on 28 May 1952 Inactivated on 1 July 1958 Consolidated with 5th Reconnaissance Group and redesignated 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 19 April 1965 Activated