The Activation of the 95th Wing
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On March 4, 1944, the 95th Bombardment Group was doing what few others could do. Just three months before DDay, in the thick of World War II, poor weather conditions threatened to derail an important bombing raid. The cloud cover was too heavy for many units to fly through, as snowstorms enveloped the skies above Germany. These units either were recalled altogether or forced to attack secondary targets. But the 95th Bombardment Group persevered through storm and cloud. They attacked Berlin and successfully hit their target despite the hostile weather. That remarkable mission—the first ever daylight bombing raid over Berlin—earned the 95th their third Distinguished Unit Citation. Eighty years later, the 95th Bombardment Group lineage is being honored again. After serving various purposes over the decades for our national defense, and being inactivated and reactivated more than once, it was reactivated last weekend as the 95th Wing. I was proud to attend the activation ceremony of the unit, based at our own Offutt Air Force Base.
