Editing Loring Air Force Base (section)

=====Assigned aircraft=====
[[File:83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron-F-106-59-0037.jpg|thumb|210px|[[Convair F-106 Delta Dart|F-106A]] of [[83d Fighter Weapons Squadron|83d FIS]] at Loring in 1972]]

Various aircraft were assigned to the base, including the B-36 Peacemaker, which was assigned to the 42d Bombardment Wing from 1 April 1953 to 6 September 1956; the KC-97G Stratotanker, which was assigned from 15 February 1955 to 16 December 1957; the B-52C Stratofortress, which was assigned 16 June 1956 to January 1957; the |KC-135A Stratotanker, which was assigned from 16 October 1957 to 7 May 1990; the B-52G, which was assigned from January 1957 to <!--7 July 1959--> 16 November 1993; and the KC-135R, which was assigned from 1990 to March 1994<!--21 May 1959 to 16 November 1993-->.<ref name="AFHRA">{{cite web|title=42 AIR BASE WING (AETC) |url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9689 |publisher=[[Air Force Historical Research Agency]] |access-date=12 October 2012 |date=30 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104172214/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9689 |archive-date=4 January 2013 }}</ref>

Fighter aircraft were also assigned to the base during its operation. The [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger|F-102 Delta Dagger]], which was assigned to the [[27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], was located on base from 1957 to 1960 while the [[Convair F-106 Delta Dart|F-106 Delta Dart]] was assigned from 16 October 1959 to 1 July 1971,<ref name="27th">{{cite web|title=27TH FIGHTER SQUADRON|url=http://www.langley.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3711|publisher=Air Force Research Historical Agency|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502205545/http://www.langley.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3711|archive-date=2 May 2008 |location=[[Langley Air Force Base]]|year=2008}}</ref> and to the [[83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]] from July 1971 to June 1972.<ref name="53Wing">{{cite web|title=53 WING (ACC) |url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9742 |publisher=Air Force Research Historical Agency |access-date=12 October 2012 |location=[[Eglin Air Force Base]] |date=22 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104172234/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9742 |archive-date=4 January 2013 }}</ref>

On July 31, 2024, B-52 60-0012 from the 69th Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base landed at Loring after some 30 years since the ceasation of B-52 operations from the base and to honor the 42nd Bomber Wing. The event on this occasions was to celebrate not only the history of the 42nd Bomber Wing but a Loring Open House Event that was being held.