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===Korean War=== Detached from the wing, the 22d Bombardment Group deployed its B-29s in early July 1950 to [[Kadena AB]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], where it came under control of [[FEAF Bomber Command (Provisional)]]. On 13 July, the group flew its first mission, against the marshaling yards and oil refinery at [[Wonsan]], [[North Korea]]. By 21 October, it had amassed fifty-seven missions against the enemy, attacking bridges, factories, industrial targets, troop concentrations, airfields, marshaling yards, communications centers, and port facilities. During four months of combat in the [[Korean War]], the group flew 335 [[sortie]]s with only fourteen aborts and dropped over 6,500 tons of bombs. It redeployed to the United States in late October and November 1950.<ref name='history' /> On 2 January 1951, the [[44th Bombardment Wing]] was activated and assigned to Fifteenth Air Force. It was equipped with refurbished B-29 and TB-29 bombers drawn from mothballed World War II storage at [[Pyote Air Force Base|Pyote AFB]] in [[Texas]] and [[Davis-Monthan AFB]] in [[Arizona]]. It was reassigned to the 12th Air Division of Fifteenth Air Force on 10 February 1951, and then the 21st Air Division within Fifteenth Air Force on 4 August 1951. The Wing moved to [[Lake Charles Air Force Station]], [[Louisiana]], on 1 August 1951.<ref name='history' /> On 28 March 1951, the [[California Air National Guard]] 106th Bombardment Group was activated to federal service at March and put on active duty. The group was initially equipped with refurbished B-29s and its mission was to train reservists to backfill rotating B-29 combat crews serving in Korea. While the reservists were undergoing training they were paid on the lesser reserve pay scale. The group was redesignated as the [[320th Bombardment Wing]] replacing the 106th in December 1952. At March, the wing conducted global bombardment training and air refueling operations to meet SAC commitments. Trained B-47 cadre for 96th Bombardment Wing, Medium, December 1953 β January 1955. Deployed as a wing to [[RAF Brize Norton]], England, 5 June β 4 September 1954, and [[Andersen AFB]], [[Guam]], 5 October 1956 β 11 January 1957. The 320th was inactivated on 15 December 1960. Also during the Korean War, the Air Force Reserve 330th Bombardment Group was ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 at March. The 330th flew borrowed B-29s from the [[106th Bomb Group]] to train the reservists on the aircraft. The group was inactivated on 16 June and its personnel were sent to bases in Japan and [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] as replacements for active-duty personnel with B-29 groups.<ref name='history' />
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