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	97th Bomb Wing
		While at Smoky Hill AFB, the wing was attached to the 301st Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, for further training and to assist the 301st prepare for its upcoming move to Germany.
		Biggs AFB would remain the wing's home for over ten years.
		As the Air Force began reorganizing in 1991, it redesignated the wing as the 97th Wing on 1 September, and inactivated it on 1 April 1992.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/agency/97bw.htm (1717 words)

	Biggs AFB
		Biggs was an El Paso native killed in a plane crash October 27, 1918 at Beltran, France.
		Biggs AFB became a Strategic Air Command asset when the 97th Bomb Wing moved to the base from Smokey Hill AFB, Kansas, in May 1948.
		The 1st SSS was deactivated in 1959, the 97th BW moved to Eaker AFB that same year and in 1966 the 95th BW was deactivated and the 4758th DSES moved to Holloman AF, NM.
	www.angelfire.com /dc/jinxx1/images/BiggsAFB.html (834 words)

	biggs
		The aircraft assigned to Biggs were 30 B-36's, 45 B-47's, plus a number of KB-50's, KC-97's, C-45's, C-54's, C-119's, C-124's, T-33's as well as B-26's, B-45's, and B-57's which were used to tow targets for the Army's Fort Bliss anti-aircraft training center.
		Starting in early 1957 the Mk 17's at Biggs were prepped for ferry, loaded into a B-36 and flown to Kirtland AFB, NM to be demilitarized.
		In early 1959 the last B-36 aircraft was retired and all other aircraft were transferred from Biggs AFB while the runway was rebuilt and lengthened to accept B-52's.
	www.geocities.com /usaf463/biggs.html (2796 words)

	Service of RB-52B/B-52B
		Some B-52Bs remained with the 93rd BW until well into the 1960s, although some of the B-52Bs were redistributed to the 95th BW at Biggs AFB in Texas and the 22nd BW at March AFB in California.
		Most of the B-52Bs were retired in 1965-66, with 52-8714 being the first Stratofortress to be retired by a SAC wing when it was transferred to Chanute AFB in Illinois on March 8, 1965, where it was used as a non-flying instructional airframe.
		Most of the B-52Bs went to storage at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona in 1965/66, but a few were delivered to museums.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b52_5.html (646 words)

	B36.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If you ever have the chance to view the B-36 on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Fort Worth, Texas my initials are carved on the lower #3 inboard engine nacelle.
		I was on the pre-flight maintenance crew when that aircraft (serial no. 52-2827A) was being readied for its final flight from Biggs AFB in El Paso to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth on 12 February 1959 for permanent display at Amon-Carter Field.
		I was also on the pre-flight maintenance of the very last B-36 to fly (serial no. 52-2220) which left Biggs AFB for Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona in March, 1959, and then to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio on April 30, 1959 for permanent display in the Air Force Museum.
	www.cei.net /~simmonsd/B36.htm (397 words)

	Biggs AFB Definition / Biggs AFB Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		MCF MacDill Air Force BaseMacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Florida, 8 miles south of Tampa at the tip of the Interbay Peninsula.
		Geography Fairchild AFB is located at 47°36'47" North, 117°38'41" West (47.612955, -117.644796)1....
		Geography McChord AFB is at 47°8'17" North, 122°29'58" West (47.138044, -122.499327)1....
	www.elresearch.com /Biggs_AFB (1593 words)

	Fort Bliss, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the post 9-11 era, Fort Bliss has served as one of the major deployment centers for troops bound for Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Included on the fort is Biggs Army Airfield (formerly Biggs AFB), which was the site for the return of the 507th Maintenance Company, also based at Fort Bliss.
		A large medical installation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center and a Veterans Administration center serve the military and retired-military population here, including Omar N. Bradley, in his last days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Bliss (963 words)

	Biggs, California (CA) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex ...
		Back to Biggs, CA housing info, Butte County, California, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities.
		The ratio of number of residents in Biggs to the number of sex offenders is 301 to 1.
		Biggs Middle (Students: 102; Location: 3046 Second St.; Grades: 7-8; Our rating: 19)
	www.city-data.com /city/Biggs-California.html (1163 words)

	Biggs AFB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		During the early 1950s, the 97th pioneered air refueling procedures in new boom-equipped KB-29s.
		The 97th, under SAC, took over operation of Biggs AFB from the departing 47th Bombardment Group, Light Jet, a Tactical Air Command unit.
		Biggs AFB would remain the wing's home for over ten years.
	www.altus.af.mil /History/historybiggs.htm (412 words)

	Martin B-57 Canberra -- Chapter 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The 1st TTS operated at Biggs AFB in Texas, and the 4756th TTS was based at Tyndall AFB in Florida.
		It was first stationed at Hill AFB then later moved to Malmstrom AFB in Montana.
		In 1974, the 4713rd DSES at Westover AFB was inactivated and its aircraft were given to two Air National Guard units, the 190th DSEG of the Kansas ANG and the 158th DSEG of the Vermont ANG.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b057-07.html (1303 words)

	Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The 9th Bombardment Wing at Fairfield AFB, California, received the plane in August 1950 and it moved with them to Travis AFB, California, in February 1953.
		Sneddon immediately contacted the Director of the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and requested that the B-29 be given to Hill AFB for restoration and display.
		In the Fall of 1983 members of the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron from Hill AFB disassembled and moved the old B-29 by truck from Dugway to Hill Aerospace Museum for restoration and display.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/photos/wwii/b-29.htm (595 words)

	Biggs AFB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso County was originally named Biggs Field for Lt. James A. Biggs, an El Paso pilot killed in France in 1918.
		Biggs Field became the station of the First Surveillance Group, it was little more than a refueling stop until the outbreak of World War II,
		With the foundation of the United States Air Force in 1947 the field was renamed Biggs Air Force Base.
	home.comcast.net /~mike.palazzolo/biggs_afb.htm (169 words)

	Aircraft: Boeing B-50D Superfortress
		Henderson, NV I was a mechanic on the B-50D with the 97th BW at Biggs AFB from 1950 till 1952.
		I was sent TDY to Flight Engineer school and returned to Biggs and assigned to the 341st BS.
		When the 97th broke up, some of our aircraft were sent to the bone yard and some were converted to weather ships, I think 48113 was converted to a weather ship.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/boeing/b-50d.htm (138 words)

	4758th DSES at Biggs AFB 1939-1966
		In September of 1945 the unit returned to Biggs and was redesignated the 27th TTS.
		When Biggs AFB closed in 1966 the 4758th moved to Holloman AFB, NM where it remained until merging with the 4677th DSES in late 1970.
		This photo might have been taken after the unit was transferred to Holloman AFB, NM.
	www.angelfire.com /dc/jinxx1/4758thDSES/4758thDSES.html (324 words)

	Listing of Air Force medical facilities
		Adair AFS, Disp., OR Albrook AFB, Disp., CZ, APO NY Almaden AFS, Med.
		Biggs AFB, TX Bitburg AB, Germany, APO NY (closed or pending closure)
		Luke AFB, AZ MacDill AFB, FL Macton Isle, Disp., Philippines, APO SF
	www.thememoryhole.org /nara/nprc/memo/121.html (1217 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Originally scheduled to depart from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, Calif., Sunday, the mated-combo is now expected to begin its cross- country ferry flight at 4:00 pm Eastern time today.
		First stop on the initial leg of the flight will be Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas, where the two craft will remain overnight.
		At Kennedy Space Center, an emergency powerdown was performed on the Space Shuttle Discovery Friday night when a relay transformer in the uninterruptable power source in the Launch Control Center failed.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/missions/news/1990/h12.17.90 (484 words)

	Boeing KB-50J (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They were replaced by jet KC-135 tankers in the mid-1960s, but a few were still available in 1965 for use in Southeast Asia for emergency refueling of fighters over hostile territory.
		The aircraft on display (S/N 49-389), originally a B-50D, was flown to the Museum from Biggs AFB, Texas, in 1965.
		It is marked as a tanker assigned to the 421st Air Refueling Squadron based at Yokota AB, Japan, in 1958.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/outdoor/od17a.htm (232 words)

	AirNav: KBIF - Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss)
		In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss).
		If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss), provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.
		Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
	www.airnav.com /airport/KBIF (493 words)

	Scott's List of CONUS Air Force Bases
		I realize the term "continental" implies all of the North American continent including Alaska, and that "conterminous" or "contiguous" would be proper cartographic terms to describe the "Lower 48" states and the District of Columbia.
		Installations with multiple AFB designations are listed under the current or most recent one, with earlier designations listed in italics as a cross reference.
		Note 4 - In 1982, a portion of the former James Connally AFB was established as Bergstrom Auxiliary Airfield, and used as such until 1987.
	www.airforcebase.net /usaf/afb_list.html (1175 words)

	Flight Engineer E-Mail Listing (S)
		Fishers, IN 6 MAS Mcguire AFB NJ, 57 MAS Altus AFB OK, 30 AS Mcguire AFB NJ I flew C-141a and b at McGuire AFB from 1977 to 1988 with the 6 MAS as an instructor and Flight examiner.
		My units were the 1st ATS and MAS, Dover AFB, DE; 834th Air Division Standardization Engineer flying the C-130, C-123 and the C-7, Tan Son Nhut RVN; 9th MAS, Dover AFB and AEW 1, flying the WV-2 Super Connie, NAS Guam.
		I flew on KB-29P at Biggs, KC-97's at Biggs and Forbes
	www.2xtreme.net /~fekc10/engineer/s.htm (2929 words)

	Notable B-52 Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		First B-52 to land at Tinker AFB (primary B-52 depot).
		First B-52 to return to Biggs AFB after Reflex alert on Guam "Island of Guam".
		Last B-52 to depart Biggs after seven years of BUFF operations - "City of Juarez II".
	www.stratofortress.org /notables.htm (586 words)

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		The bomber was transporting both the weapon and its fissile core, which had been removed for safety, from Biggs Air Force Base in Texas to Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
		The pilot was en route to Thule AFB to attempt an emergency landing.
		The bomber had left Biggs AFB near El Paso, Texas, bound for Bismarck, North Dakota, on a routine "round-robin" training mission.
	www.cdi.org /Issues/NukeAccidents/accidents.htm (7185 words)

	Johnson Bio (89) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Following three staff assignments and graduation from National War College in 1963, Johnson was named 95th Bombardment Wing Commander at Biggs AFB, Texas, flying the B-52 Stratofortress.
		While commanding the B-58 Hustler wing at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana, he was promoted to brigadier general.
		He next served as Vice Commander of Second Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and then became Commander of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division at Vandenberg AFB, California.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/89bios/johnso89.htm (518 words)

	B36.htm
		If you ever have the chance to view the B-36 on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Fort Worth, Texas my initials are carved on the lower #3 inboard engine nacelle.
		I was on the pre-flight maintenance crew when that aircraft (serial no. 52-2827A) was being readied for its final flight from Biggs AFB in El Paso to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth on 12 February 1959 for permanent display at Amon-Carter Field.
		I was also on the pre-flight maintenance of the very last B-36 to fly (serial no. 52-2220) which left Biggs AFB for Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona in March, 1959, and then to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio on April 30, 1959 for permanent display in the Air Force Museum.
	home.centurytel.net /simmons675/B36.htm (397 words)

	Strategic Air and Space Museum - Collections B-47 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		February 1958- To 97th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, Texas
		October 1961- To 4047th Strategic Wing (SAC), McCoy AFB, Florida
		June 1962- To 301st Bombardment Wing (SAC), Lockbourne AFB, Ohio (to EB-47E)
	www.strategicairandspace.com /collections/B-47.html (454 words)

	Strategic-Air-Command.com Contact Information
		Lincoln AFB, NB 343, 344, 345, 415 BSs
		Lincoln AFB, NB 370, 371, 372, 424 BSs
		Hunter AFB, GA 373, 374, 375, 425 BSs
	www.strategic-air-command.com /posters/B-47/poster-B47-091-308.htm (102 words)

	97th Bomb Group - USAF - Korean War Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I'm not sure when he arrived at Biggs but we moved to Kelly at the end of 1952.
		Just knowing things like where he was at in England, how long he was gone, and what Biggs was like would be interesting.
		Comments: stationed at biggs in may 1951-dec 1951 transfer to u.k.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/usaf/97bg.htm (692 words)

	G. Johnson Bio (97) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He next transitioned to the Republic F-84 Thunderjet in 1951 as Director of Operations for the 31st Fighter Wing at Turner AFB, Georgia.
		After graduation from the National War College in 1963, and a short detour to Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona, he checked out in both the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the KC-135 Stratotanker, and then took command of the 95th Bombardment Wing (BW) at Biggs AFB, Texas.
		In 1965, Johnson earned his first star while flying the supersonic Convair B-58 Hustler as Commander of the 305th BW at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/97bios/johng97.htm (549 words)

	PRESS RELEASE: AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATION FOR SHOT HOOD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Other assigned aircraft are one C-47 documentary photo aircraft from APCS, Orlando, Florida, and one C-47 Strategic Air Command relay communications aircraft from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
		An Air Force B-26 from Biggs AFB, Texas, is assigned to a U.S. Army-related project.
		U.S. Navy aircraft staging out of Indian Springs AFB are from the Naval Air Special Weapons Facility at Kirkland AFB.
	www.aracnet.com /~histgaz/atomi/hood2.htm (273 words)

	409th B.G. - Commanding Officers
		Operations Hdqrs., 9th Air Force, Biggs, AFB and Greenville, AFB, 1946-1947.
		Returning to Florence AFB, SC., he taught Rocket Firing to A-26 pilots being trained for the Pacific Operations.
		Recalled in 1962 to Active Duty at Homestead AFB for the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Lt. Colonel OPS Staff Officer.
	www.web-birds.com /9th/409/commanding.html (1762 words)

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		After the competition ended, we were on the highway heading back to Fort Worth, when I saw a road sign for El Paso.
		I mentioned to our daughter that I had lived there at Biggs AFB, from 1958 to 1962, and would love to see it again.
		After a quick breakfast, I insisted that we head out to Biggs, now a part of Fort Bliss.
	www.militarybrats.com /brat-life-susan-mayfield2.shtml (1007 words)

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