The 456th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 14th Air Division iof Strategic Air Command at Beale Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 30 September 1975.The wing's predecessor unit, the 456th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. The highly decorated unit flew 249 bombing missions from Italy while assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force.