Army Air Base, South Dakota, 26 April 1943 Geiger Field, Washington, 20 June 1943 Peterson Field, Colorado, c. 26 October 1943 – 1 April 1944 Smoky Hill Air Force Base (later Schilling Air Force Base), Kansas, 8 July 1952 – 15 March 1963 Aircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943 Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944 Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, 1953–1964 Campaigns See also List of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces Notes References Bibliography 040 Units and formations of Strategic Air Command Military units and formations established in 1952