the 22d was a "super" wing from 1966–1971, with two bombardment and two tanker squadrons. from 10 march to c. 1 october 1967 the wing was reduced to a small "rear-echelon" non-tactical organization with all tactical resources and most support resources loaned to sac organizations involved in combat operations in southeast asia. in 1971 the air force retired all of its b-52c aircraft. the last airplane of this series was flown from march to davis-monthan air force base, arizona for storage on 29 september 1971. the wing continued to support sac operations in the far east and southeast asia through 1975, and from 10 april 1972 to 29 october 1973 again the wing had all its bomber resources loaned to other organizations for combat and contingency operations. the wing's kc-135 resources were also on loan from 10 april to september 1972; afterwards, a few tankers returned to wing control.