307th Air Division
Encyclopedia
The 307th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force
organization. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Command
, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana
. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.
While active in the Reserve, March 1947-June 1949, the 307th was redesignated as a division.
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...
organization. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Command
Continental Air Command
Continental Air Command was a Major Command of the United States Air Force responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.-Lineage:...
, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.
Lineage
- Established as 307 Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 7 December 1943
- Activated on 15 January 1944
- Disestablished on 15 June 1944
- Reestablished as 307 Bombardment Wing, Heavy, 10 February 1947
- Redesignated: 307 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, 10 February 1947
- Activated in the Reserve on 31 March 1947
- Redesignated 307 Air Division, Bombardment , 16 April 1948
- Inactivated on 27 June 1949
Assignments
- 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....
, 15 January-15 June 1944 - Continental Air CommandContinental Air CommandContinental Air Command was a Major Command of the United States Air Force responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.-Lineage:...
- Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, 31 March 1947 - Fourteenth Air ForceFourteenth Air ForceThe Fourteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command . It is headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California....
, 1 July 1948 - Twelfth Air Force, 12 January-27 June 1949.
Stations
- BariBariBari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 15 January-15 June 1944 - New Orleans, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, 31 March 1947-27 June 1949.
Components
Groups- 392 Bombardment: 30 July 1947-27 June 1949
- 482 Bombardment482d Fighter WingThe 482d Fighter Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command. It is the host wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida.-Mission:...
: c. July 1948-27 June 1949.
Operational history
Activated at Bari, Italy, in January 1944, the 307th had no combat components assigned and served as a source of personnel for Headquarters, Fifteenth Air Force. The wing was disestablished six months later on 15 June 1944.While active in the Reserve, March 1947-June 1949, the 307th was redesignated as a division.