sentences:  It also bombed flak positions in support of the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945.The group returned to the US between July and October 1945 and was inactivated at the Port of Embarkation on 24 October 1945.The origins of the 416th Bombardment Wing begin on 1 August 1958 when Strategic Air Command established the 4039th Strategic Wing at Griffiss AFB, New York as part of SAC's plan to disperse its B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike.