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316th Air Division

Field	Value
unit_name	316th Air Division
image	Cargo destined for Tuzla Air Base (AB), Bosnia sits on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base prior to uploading to a C-130. The 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) of Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark - DPLA - 502d407f2cd9f0ac5ffdf29ceae6bd4b.jpeg
image_size	300
caption	Loading cargo onto a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein AB
dates	1944–1948; 1953–1960; 1985–1991
country
branch
role	Command of support elements
battles	Pacific Theater
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File:316 air division-emblem.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	316th Air Division emblem
identification_symbol_2	[[File:316 Bombardment Wg emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	316 Bombardment Wing emblem

The 316th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, assigned to Seventeenth Air Force, being stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It was inactivated on 1 May 1991.

History

In September 1953, the 316th Division manned, equipped, trained, and maintained assigned units until April 1960. It provided warning and defense against potential hostile air operations against the Moroccan region of North Africa.

In 1985, the division gained operational responsibility to implement war and contingency plans. It also provided host support to units in the Kaiserslautern Military Community as well as logistical support for other organizations in the European theater. In April–May 1991, assigned units deployed aircraft and personnel to Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a humanitarian relief effort to save the Kurds from starvation and resettle them in northern Iraq.}}

Lineage

Established as the 316th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 4 August 1944 : Activated on 14 August 1944 : Redesignated 316 Composite Wing on 8 January 1946 : Redesignated 316 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 6 May 1946 : Inactivated on 21 June 1948
Redesignated 316 Air Division (Defense) on 26 June 1953 : Organized on 18 September 1953 : Discontinued on 1 April 1960
Redesignated 316 Air Division on 1 June 1985 : Activated on 14 June 1985 : Inactivated on 1 May 1991

Assignments

Second Air Force, 14 August 1944 (attached to XXII Bomber Command, c. 14 August – c. 7 December 1944
Army Service Forces, 8 July 1945
Eighth Air Force, 5 September 1945
1st Air Division, 13 June 1946 – 21 June 1948
Seventeenth Air Force, 18 September 1953
Seventeenth Air Force, 14 June 1985 – 1 May 1991

Stations

Peterson Field, Colorado, 14 August 1944 – 7 July 1945
Kadena (later Kadena Field, Kadena Army Air Base, Kadena Air Force Base), Okinawa, 17 August 1945 – 21 June 1948
Rabat Salé Air Base, French Morocco (later Morocco), 18 September 1953 – 1 April 1960
Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 14 June 1985 – 1 May 1991

Components

Wing

86th Tactical Fighter Wing: 14 June 1985 – 1 May 1991

Groups

22d Bombardment Group: 31 May 1946-by 31 May 1948
333d Bombardment Group: 31 August 1945 – 28 May 1946
346th Bombardment Group: 31 July 1945 – 30 June 1946
382d Bombardment Group: 31 August 1945 – 4 January 1946
383d Bombardment Group: 31 August 1945 – 3 January 1946

Squadrons

28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 15–29 May 1946
45th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (later, 45th Fighter-Day Squadron): 18 September 1953 – 8 January 1958
324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 1 July 1958 – 8 March 1960
357th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 18 September 1953 – 8 March 1960

Aircraft

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1945–1948
North American F-86 Sabre, 1953–1960
North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1956–1957
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, 1985–1991.

References

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

References

(12 October 2007). "Factsheet 316 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Maurer, p. 425.

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