the airfields at Santa Clara, Los Banos, and San Julien. The 836th commitment for the second strike was to provide 64 sorties concentrating on the Los Banos airfield, two AAA sites, and the SSM launchers at San Diego de las Vegas and Pinar Del Rio. Finally, 42 aircraft were to strike Los Banos MiG base a third time and the Santa Clara MiG base, Sagua La Grande and Mariel SAM sites each a second time. The Cuban missile confrontation was ultimately resolved, and the air strikes, which an invasion of Cuba would have followed, were never launched. 1st Tactical Fighter Wing On 10 January 1970, the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing was reassigned without personnel or equipment to MacDill, the wing being transferred from Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) to TAC from Hamilton AFB, California. Initially, the 1st TFW operated with the same tactical fighter squadron designations used by the 15th TFW until 1 July 1971, when they were redesignated as: 45th TFS -> 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron (FD/FF) (F-4E) 46th TFS -> 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron (FB/FF) (F-4E) 47th TFS -> 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron (FE/FF) (F-4E) 4424Th TFTS -> 4530th Combat Crew Training Squadron (FK/FS) (B-57G)(Note: squadron discontinued 30 June 1972.) In 1972, the 1st TFW standardized all of its aircraft with the common wing tail code "FF". At MacDill, the 1st TFW was a combat-coded operational tactical fighter wing, assuming operational commitments of the 15th TFW. The 1st also assumed an F-4 transitional and replacement pilot and weapons-systems officer training role in 1971, with some of its aircrews and equipment being deployed from time to time in various tactical exercises. On 1 July 1975, the 1st TFW and its operational squadrons were reassigned to Langley AFB, Virginia, without personnel or equipment for transition to the F-15 Eagle. 56th Tactical Fighter Wing / 56th Tactical Training Wing On 30 June 1975, the 56th Tactical Fighter Wing became the new host unit at MacDill, being reassigned from Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. Operational squadrons of the wing were: 61st Tactical Fighter Squadron (former 27th TFS, yellow tail stripe) 62d Tactical Fighter Squadron (former 73rd TFS, blue tail stripe) 63d Tactical Fighter Squadron (former 94th TFS, red tail stripe) 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron (white tail stripe, inactivated at MacDill during conversion from F-4D to F-16A/B in 1981 and reactivated at Misawa AB, Japan as an F-16 squadron) 72nd Tactical