 The unit was again active as the 497th Air Refueling Wing, which was an element of Strategic Air Command.It absorbed the personnel equipment, and mission of the 4108th Air Refueling Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York in January 1963 and was inactivated in September 1964.In 1985 the 497th Bombardment Group and the 497th Air Refueling Wing were consolidated into a single unit.