Wing was inactivated on 27 Jan 2012 as the Air Force transferred oversight of the nuclear munitions to the Air Force Global Strike Command. Assignments, components, stations, and equipment 73d Bombardment Wing, 20 Nov 1943 Fifteenth Air Force, 19 May – 4 Aug 1946 Pacific Air Forces, 16 Sep 1960 313th Air Division, 8 Feb 1961 – 31 Dec 1969 Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, 31 Mar 2006 – 27 Jan 2012 Components 514th Bombardment Squadron: 15 Oct 1945 – 7 Mar 1946 873d Bombardment (later, 873d Tactical Missile) Squadron: 20 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1946; 8 Feb 1961 – 8 Jul 1965 874th Bombardment (later, 874th Tactical Missile) Squadron: 20 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1946; 8 Sep 1961 – 8 Jul 1965 875th Bombardment Squadron: 20 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1946 876th Bombardment Squadron: 20 Nov 1943 – 10 May 1944 3d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, September–December 1944 (Flight of RB-24 Liberators attached) 21st Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 22d Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 23d Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 16th Photographic Laboratory Squadron Stations Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico, 20 Nov 1943 Great Bend Army Airfield, Kansas, 13 Apr-13 Jul 1944 Isely Field, Saipan, 6 Sep 1944-2 Nov 1945 March Field, California, Dec 1945 MacDill Field, Florida, 5 Jan-4 Aug 1946 Kadena AB, Okinawa, 8 Feb 1961-31 Dec 1969 Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 31 Mar 2006–27 Jan 2012 Aircraft and missiles B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944 B-29 Superfortress, 1944-1946 RB-24 Liberator, 1944 MGM-13 Mace missile, 1961-1969. References Notes Bibliography (link to Google Books partial text) External links Kirtland AFB 498th Nuclear Systems Wing Factsheet 0498 Military units and formations in New Mexico Nuclear weapons program of the United States