Patch USAF 68th Bombardment Wing
The 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Medium was established on October 4, 1951 and activated on October 10, 1951 at Lake Charles AFB, later renamed Chennault AFB. It received it's initial cadre of 16 people from the 44th Bomb Wing and began reconnaissance training using borrowed B-29s. It received it's own B-29 s in May 1952, then began training as a bombardment wing.