 By the end of June, it was fully equipped with the H series of the Stratofortress.However, these early planes were not equipped with the terrain avoidance radar designed for this type and had to be retrofitted the following year.Personnel and KC-135 tankers from the 379th were deployed to forward bases in the Pacific to support combat operations over Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1975, however its B-52H aircraft remained at Wurtsmith on nuclear alert.