316th Air Division
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.
Lineage
- Established as the 316th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 4 August 1944
- Redesignated 316 Air Division on 26 June 1953
- Redesignated 316 Air Division on 1 June 1985
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, Okinawa, 17 August 1945 – 21 June 1948
- Rabat Salé Air Base, French 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
- 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
- 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 15–29 May 1946
- 45th Fighter-Interceptor 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.