 Under that designation, the wing lived up to its mission several times.In September 1996, the wing provided around-the-clock forward-deployment support to Air Combat Command Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses during their Operation Desert Strike missions over Iraq, and began hosting more than 6,600 Kurdish evacuees during the 8-month humanitarian assistance mission, Joint Task Force Pacific Haven.On 12 April 2006, the 36th Air Base Wing was redesignated as the 36th Wing.