.gif)
17th Air Division (United States)
Encyclopedia
The 17th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces, stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
, Thailand
. It was inactivated on 1 January 1986
Activated as the 17th Bombardment Wing on 18 December 1940 and assigned to Southeast Air District as a bombardment training organization. Apparently never had sufficient personnel to carry out effectively its mission. Inactivated on 3 September 1941.
Reactivated as part of Second Air Force
in June 1942 as the 17th Bombardment Training Wing. Was the primary training command organization for USAAF heavy bombardment (B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator
) heavy groups during World War II
from June 1942 until May 1944. Initially, it controlled the third phase of training, in which each bombardment group split into tactical components and operated from squadron sized airfields under simulated combat conditions. Later, the 17th supervised the first and second phases of heavy bombardment group and crew training.
In 1943 assumed mission for training B-29 Superfortress
Very Heavy bombardment groups prior to their deployment to Twentieth Air Force
in the Pacific Theater
until April 1946 when it ceased all activity. It also exercised limited supervision over the training of the XXI and XXII Bomber Commands during 1944.
Reactivated an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command
in 1959, it gained control of the 340th and the 305th Bombardment Wings at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana
, and the 4040th Air Base Squadron at Richard I. Bong AFB, Wisconsin
in 1959. The two bombardment wings flew normal SAC alert patrols and participated in special exercises as required. However, the division lost its bombardment wings and gained missile wings in 1963 and assumed responsibility for Titan and Minuteman missiles in Missouri
, Kansas
, and later Arkansas
. When joined by the 70th Bombardment Wing, on 1 July 1965 with B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, the division reverted to an earlier designation - 17th Strategic Aerospace Division. From 1965-1971, the division's subordinate units frequently deployed bomber and tanker resources. Arc Light
operations in Southeast Asia
, consisting of military operations against enemy forces in Vietnam
, drew most of the deployments.
From 1 July 1975-1 January 1976 as part of Pacific Air Forces, it maintained an effective training program for United States Air Force tactical units in Thailand
. Inactivated as part of the USAF phaseout of activities in Thailand
after the end of the Vietnam War
.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces, stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy located approximately southeast of Bangkok, near Sattahip on the Gulf of Siam...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It was inactivated on 1 January 1986
Activated as the 17th Bombardment Wing on 18 December 1940 and assigned to Southeast Air District as a bombardment training organization. Apparently never had sufficient personnel to carry out effectively its mission. Inactivated on 3 September 1941.
Reactivated as part of Second Air Force
Second Air Force
The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
in June 1942 as the 17th Bombardment Training Wing. Was the primary training command organization for USAAF heavy bombardment (B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...
) heavy groups during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
from June 1942 until May 1944. Initially, it controlled the third phase of training, in which each bombardment group split into tactical components and operated from squadron sized airfields under simulated combat conditions. Later, the 17th supervised the first and second phases of heavy bombardment group and crew training.
In 1943 assumed mission for training B-29 Superfortress
B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States Air Forces in late-World War II and through the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II...
Very Heavy bombardment groups prior to their deployment to Twentieth Air Force
Twentieth Air Force
The Twentieth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations...
in the Pacific Theater
Pacific War
The Pacific War, also sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War refers broadly to the parts of World War II that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, then called the Far East...
until April 1946 when it ceased all activity. It also exercised limited supervision over the training of the XXI and XXII Bomber Commands during 1944.
Reactivated an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
in 1959, it gained control of the 340th and the 305th Bombardment Wings at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, and the 4040th Air Base Squadron at Richard I. Bong AFB, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
in 1959. The two bombardment wings flew normal SAC alert patrols and participated in special exercises as required. However, the division lost its bombardment wings and gained missile wings in 1963 and assumed responsibility for Titan and Minuteman missiles in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, and later Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. When joined by the 70th Bombardment Wing, on 1 July 1965 with B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, the division reverted to an earlier designation - 17th Strategic Aerospace Division. From 1965-1971, the division's subordinate units frequently deployed bomber and tanker resources. Arc Light
Arc Light
Arc Light is the debut novel by Eric L. Harry, a techno-thriller about limited nuclear war published in 1994 and written in 1991-2.As China and Russia clash in Siberia in June 1999, nuclear missiles strike the United States. The U.S. retaliates against Russia, and World War III begins...
operations in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
, consisting of military operations against enemy forces in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, drew most of the deployments.
From 1 July 1975-1 January 1976 as part of Pacific Air Forces, it maintained an effective training program for United States Air Force tactical units in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. Inactivated as part of the USAF phaseout of activities in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
after the end of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
.
Lineage
- Constituted as 17th Bombardment Wing on 3 October 1940
- Activated on 18 December 1940
- Inactivated on 1 September 1941.
- Activated on 23 June 1942
- Redesignated as: 17th Bombardment Training Wing in January 1943
- Redesignated as: 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing in April 1943.
- Inactivated on 15 November 1943.
- Redesignated as: 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Very Heavy)
- Activated on 11 March 1944.
- Inactivated on 9 April 1946
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948.
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 17th Air Division, on 1 July 1959
- Activated on 15 July 1959
- Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Aerospace Division on 15 February 1962
- Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Missile Division on 1 September 1963
- Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1965
- Inactivated on 30 June 1971
- Redesignated as: 17th Air Division on 24 January 1975
- Activated on 1 July 1975
- Inactivated on 1 January 1976.
Assignments
- GHQ Air Force, 18 December 1940
- Southeast Air District (later, Third Air Force)Third Air ForceThe Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
, 16 January 1941-1 September 1941
- Attached to Bomber Command [of Third Air ForceIII Bomber CommandThe III Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.-Lineage:...
], 23 April-1 September 1941- Second Air ForceSecond Air ForceThe Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, 23 June 1942 - II Bomber CommandII Bomber CommandThe II Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force, based at Fort George Wright, Washington. It was inactivated on 6 October 1943....
, 15 May 1943
- Second Air Force
- Second Air ForceSecond Air ForceThe Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, 6 October-15 November 1943; 11 March 1944 - Fifteenth Air ForceFifteenth Air ForceThe Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 31 March-9 April 1946 - Second Air ForceSecond Air ForceThe Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, 15 July 1959 - Eighth Air ForceEighth Air ForceThe Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
, 1 July 1963 - Fifteenth Air ForceFifteenth Air ForceThe Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 31 March 1970-30 June 1971 - Pacific Air Forces, 1 July 1975-1 January 1976
Commands
- XXI Bomber CommandXXI Bomber CommandThe XXI Bomber Command was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in Guam for strategic bombing during World War II.- Lineage:* Constituted as XXI Bomber Command on 1 Mar 1944, and activated the same day.-Assignments:...
: attached c. 15 April-20 October 1944 - XXII Bomber CommandXXII Bomber CommandThe XXII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force, based at Peterson Field, Colorado. It was inactivated on 13 February 1945.-Lineage:...
: attached 14 August 1944-13 February 1945.
Wings
- 13th Bombardment Wing: attached 17 August-17 October 1945
- 20th Bombardment Wing: attached c. 15 August 1945-January 1946
- 22d Pursuit Wing: attached 16 January-c. 16 June 1941
- 41st Bombardment Wing41st Bombardment Wing (World War II)The 41st Bombardment Wingis an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Eighth Air Force, based at RAF Molesworth, England. It was inactivated on 18 June 1945.-History:...
: attached 17 March-4 July 1943 - 47th Bombardment Wing: attached c. 15 August 1945-January 1946
- 70th Bombardment Wing: 1 July 1965-31 December 1969
- 72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing72nd Fighter Wing (World War II)The 72d Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, based at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado...
: attached 20 August-c. 6 October 1943 - 73d Bombardment Wing: attached c. 15 April-17 July 1944
- 96th Bombardment Wing: attached 16 August-17 October 1945
- 305th Bombardment Wing: 15 July 1959-1 January 1961
- 308th Strategic Missile Wing: 31 March 1970-30 June 1971
- 313th Bombardment Wing: attached 23 April-5 November 1944
- 314th Bombardment Wing: attached 23 April-9 December 1944
- 315th Bombardment Wing: attached 17 July 1944-June 1945
- 316th Bombardment Wing: attached 14 August 1944-7 July 1945
- 340th Bombardment Wing: 15 July 1959-1 September 1963
- 351st Strategic Missile Wing: 1 February 1963-30 June 1971
- 381st Strategic Missile Wing: 1 July 1963-30 June 1971
- 500th Air Refueling Wing500th Air Refueling WingThe 500th Air Refueling Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. It was inactivated on 15 December 1964....
: 1 January-1 July 1963 - 4045th Air Refueling Wing: 9 September 1960-1 January 1963
- 432lst Strategic Wing: 1 October 1959-15 August 1962.
Groups
- 2d Bombardment Group: attached 2 November 1942 13 March 1943
- 3d Bombardment Group: 18 December 1940-1 September 1941
- 6th Bombardment Group: attached 5 May-18 November 1944
- 9th Bombardment Group: attached 5 May-18 November 1944
- 16th Bombardment Group: attached 5 May 1944-June 1945
- 19th Bombardment Group: attached c. 15 April-7 December 1944
- 27th Bombardment Group: 18 December 1940-1 September 1941
- 29th Bombardment Group29th Bombardment GroupThe 29th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last based at Craig AFB, Alabama. It was inactivated when Craig AFB was closed as a budget reduction action after the Vietnam War....
: attached c. 15 April-7 December 1944 - 34th Bombardment Group: attached 2 November-14 December 1942
- 39th Bombardment Group: attached c. 15 April 1944-8 January 1945
- 44th Bombardment Group: attached 24 July 1945-30 March 1946
- 45th Bombardment Group45th Bombardment GroupThe 45th Operations Group is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 45th Space Wing, stationed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.-Overview:...
: attached 15 January-17 June 1941 - 46th Bombardment Group46th Bombardment GroupThe 46th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Third Air Force, being stationed at Morris Field, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944....
: attached 15 January-19 May 1941 - 48th Bombardment Group: attached 15 January-21 May 1941
- 56th Pursuit Group: attached 15 January-16 May 1941
- 88th Bombardment Group88th Bombardment GroupThe 88th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the III Bomber Command, being stationed at Avon Park Army Airfield, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.-History:...
: attached c. 1 November 1942-November 1943 - 91st Bombardment Group: attached c. 26 June-24 August 1942
- 93d Bombardment Group: attached 24 July 1945-30 March 1946
- 95th Bombardment Group: attached 2 November 1942-18 April 1943
- 96th Bombardment Group: attached 28 September-30 October 1942
- 98th Bombardment Group: attached c. 6 May-10 November 1945
- 99th Bombardment Group: attached 2-c. 16 November 1942
- 100th Bombardment Group: attached 2-c. 29 November 1942
- 302d Bombardment Group: attached 1–30 September 1942
- 303d Bombardment Group303d Bombardment GroupThe 303d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 303d Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. It was de-activated on 16 June 1952....
: attached 1-c. 23 August 1942 - 304th Bombardment Group304th Bombardment GroupThe 304th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, based in Langley Field, Virginia...
: attached 2 November-c. December 1942 - 305th Bombardment Group: attached 1–31 August 1942
- 306th Bombardment Group: attached 1 July-l August 1942
- 307th Bombardment Group307th Bombardment GroupThe 307th Air Refueling Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 47th Air Division, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California...
: attached 30 September-20 October 1942 - 330th Bombardment Group330th Bombardment GroupThe 330th Bombardment Group was a bomber group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It constituted on 1 July 1942 at Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah. The unit fought in the Pacific Theater...
: c. 15 April 1944-7 January 1945 - 331st Bombardment Group331st Bombardment GroupThe 331st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 315th Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Northwest Field, Guam. It was inactivated on 15 April 1946....
: attached 12 July 1944-July 1945 - 333d Bombardment Group333d Bombardment GroupThe 333d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 316 Bombardment Wing, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 28 May 1946-History:...
: attached 1 September-1 November 1942; 7 July 1944-August 1945 - 346th Bombardment Group346th Bombardment GroupThe 346th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 316th Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 30 June 1946....
: attached 18 August 1944-September 1945 - 351st Bombardment Group: attached November-December 1942
- 376th Bombardment Group: attached 8 May-10 November 1945
- 379th Bombardment Group: attached 3-c. 18 November 1942
- 381st Bombardment Group: attached c. 1 December 1942-c. 2 January 1943
- 382d Bombardment Group382d Bombardment GroupThe 382d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Army Service Forces, being stationed at Camp Azna, California. It was inactivated on 4 January 1946....
: attached 25 August 1944-September 1945 - 383d Bombardment Group383d Bombardment GroupThe 383d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Army Service Forces, being stationed at Camp Azna, California. It was inactivated on 3 January 1946....
: attached 12 November 1942-c. 25 October 1943; 28 August 1944-September 1945 - 385th Bombardment Group: attached 1 February-June 1943
- 390th Bombardment Group: attached 26 January-4 July 1943
- 393d Bombardment Group393d Bombardment GroupThe 393d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944....
: attached 16 February-c. 2 March 1943 - 395th Bombardment Group395th Bombardment GroupThe 395th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944....
: attached 16 February-c. 24 October 1943 - 396th Bombardment Group396th Bombardment GroupThe 396th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Third Air Force, being stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944....
: attached 10 April-c. 4 November 1943 - 398th Bombardment Group: attached 1 March-c. 4 April 1943; 29 April-November 1943
- 401st Bombardment Group: attached 1 April-1 October 1943
- 447th Bombardment Group: attached 1 May-November 1943
- 448th Bombardment Group: attached 11 September-November 1943; 25 July 1945-c. 30 March 1946
- 449th Bombardment Group: attached 24 July 1945-c. 30 March 1946
- 450th Bombardment Group: attached c. 26 July-15 October 1945
- 452d Bombardment Group: attached 1 June-November 1943
- 456th Bombardment Group: attached 17 August-17 October 1945
- 457th Bombardment Group: attached 1 July-November 1943
- 458th Bombardment Group: 25 July-c. 20 August 1945
- 463d Bombardment Group: attached 1 August-c. 4 November 1943
- 466th Bombardment Group466th Bombardment GroupThe 466th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona. It was inactivated on 17 October 1945...
: attached 25 July-c. 14 August 1945 - 467th Bombardment Group467th Bombardment GroupThe 467th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the Strategic Air Command, being stationed at Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 4 August 1946....
: attached 25 July 1945-c. 30 March 1946 - 483d Bombardment Group: attached 20 September-c. 5 November 1943
- 484th Bombardment Group: attached 20 September-November 1943
- 485th Bombardment Group: attached 24 July 1945-30 March 1946
- 488th Bombardment Group488th Bombardment GroupThe 488th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Third Air Force, being stationed at MacDill Field, Florida...
: attached 1 October-c. 31 October 1943 - 489th Bombardment Group489th Bombardment GroupThe 489th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the IV Bomber Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
: attached c. 28 February-c. 2 April 1945; c. 10 July-September 1945 - 497th Bombardment Group497th Bombardment GroupThe 497th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The unit was inactivated on 31 March 1946.The unit was part of the United States Army Air Force and Twentieth Air Force during World War II. The 497th BG engaged in very heavy bombardment operations against Japan...
: attached c. 15 April-18 July 1944 - 498th Bombardment Group: attached c. 15 April-13 July 1944
- 499th Bombardment Group: attached c. 15 April-22 July 1944
- 500th Bombardment Group: attached 16 April-23 July 1944
- 501st Bombardment Group: attached 1 June 1944-June 1945
- 502d Bombardment Group502d Bombardment GroupThe 502d Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. The unit was inactivated on 15 April 1946....
: attached 5 June 1944-July 1945 - 504th Bombardment Group504th Bombardment GroupThe 504th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It was inactivated on 15 June 1946....
: attached c. 15 April-5 November 1944 - 505th Bombardment Group505th Bombardment GroupThe 505th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Thirteenth Air Force, stationed at Clark Field, Philippines. It was inactivated on 30 June 1946...
: attached c. 15 April-6 November 1944.
Stations
- Hunter Army AirfieldHunter Army AirfieldHunter Army Airfield , located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart.Hunter features a runway that is 11,375 feet long and an aircraft parking area that is more than 350 acres...
, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, 18 December 1940-1 September 1941 - Rapid City Army Air Base, South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, 23 June 1942 - Walla Walla Army Airfield, Washington, c. 1 July-15 November 1943
- Smoky Hill Army Airfield, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, 11 March 1944 - Colorado Springs Army Air Base, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, April 1944
- Grand Island Army AirfieldGrand Island Army AirfieldGrand Island Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces airfield which operated from 1942 to 1946. After its closure, the base was reopened as Central Nebraska Regional Airport.-History:...
, NebraskaNebraskaNebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, May 1944 - Sioux City Army Air Base, IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, February 1945 - Fort Worth Army Airfield, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, December 1945-9 April 1946. - Whiteman AFB, MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, 15 July 1959-30 June 1971 - U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy AirfieldU-Tapao Royal Thai Navy AirfieldU-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy located approximately southeast of Bangkok, near Sattahip on the Gulf of Siam...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, 1 July 1975-1 January 1976