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4310th Air Division

Field	Value
unit_name	4310th Air Division
image	3 aircraft formation B-47Es - 306th Bombardment Wing.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Boeing B-47s of Strategic Air Command
dates	1958–1963
country
branch
role	Command of strategic strike and reconnaissance forces
command_structure	Strategic Air Command
notable_commanders	General Horace M. Wade

The 4310th Air Division is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. It was last assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force at Nouasseur Air Base, Morocco. It was discontinued on 15 August 1963.

History

The 4310th Air Division was organized on 15 January 1958 by absorbing the mission, personnel and equipment of the 5th Air Division, which had been managing deployed Strategic Air Command (SAC) forces in Morocco since 1954. The 5th was inactivated the same day that the 4310th was organized.

"The 4310th supervised the Strategic Air Command's Reflex forces in Morocco. The Reflex force concept involved deploying Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium bombardment aircraft non-stop from the United States to forward sites, with one air refueling. These aircraft remained on alert status for a specified number of days, then redeployed back to the United States. The division commander also acted as a representative to the Moroccan Liaison office for the Commander, Sixteenth Air Force."

The division never had any assigned units, such as wings, only individual aircraft that were assigned to wings back in the United States.

The division was discontinued in August 1963 as part of SAC's closure of its Morocco bases.

Lineage

Established as 4310 Air Division and organized on 15 January 1958 : Discontinued on 15 August 1963

Assignments

Sixteenth Air Force, 15 January 1958 – 15 August 1963

Stations

Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, 15 January 1958
Nouasseur Air Base, Morocco, 15 June 1958 – 15 August 1963

Commanders

Brig Gen Keith K. Compton, 15 Jan 1958
Maj Gen William E. Eubank, by 15 Oct 1958
Maj Gen Horace M. Wade, 23 Jul 1959
Brig Gen Robert B. Miller, 5 Aug 1961-15 Aug 1963

References

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Bibliography

References

(11 October 2007). "Factsheet 4310 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
"Factsheet 5 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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