 In 1958 the Wing converted to the F-86H Sabre.From 1956 to 1976, the 102nd was commanded by Brigadier General Charles W. Sweeney, pilot of the B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar" that dropped the Fat Man nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.During his tenure, the wing developed from a rather new unit to the mainstay of air defense in the Northeastern United States.