316th Air Division

316th Airlift Division
Emblem of the 316th Airlift Division
Active	1944–1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command and Control
Part of	United States Air Forces in Europe
Engagements	World War II Pacific Theater (1945)

The 316th Airlift Division (316th AD) 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

Lineage

Established as 316 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 XXII Bomber Command, c. 14 August – c. 7 December 1944

Army Service Forces, 8 July 1945
United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific

Eighth Air Force, 5 September 1945

Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army

1 Air Division, 13 June 1946 – 21 June 1948

United States Air Forces in Europe

Seventeenth Air Force, 18 September 1953

United States Air Forces in Europe, 15 November 1959 – 1 April 1960
United States Air Forces in Europe

Seventeenth Air Force, 14 June 1985 – 1 May 1991.

Stations

Peterson Field, Colorado, 14 August 1944 – 7 July 1945
Kadena (later, Kadena Field, Kadena AAB, Kadena AFB), Okinawa, 17 August 1945 – 21 June 1948
Rabat Salé AB, French Morocco (later, Morocco), 18 September 1953 – 1 April 1960
Ramstein AB, West Germany (later Germany), 14 June 1985 – 1 May 1991.

Components

Wing

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

Groups

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

Squadrons

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

Aircraft

B-29 Superfortress, 1945–1948
F-86 Sabre, 1953–1960
F-100 Super Sabre, 1956–1957
F-16 Falcon, 1985–1991.

Operational history

The 316th Bombardment Wing trained in the United States before transfer to Okinawa in August 1945. Assigned units ferried Allied prisoners of war from Japan to the Philippines.

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 (KMC) 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.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

Air Forces	Third Air Force

Bases	Aviano Air Base Lajes Air Station RAF Alconbury RAF Lakenheath RAF Mildenhall Ramstein Air Base Spangdahlem Air Base

Support facilities	Chièvres Morón RAF Akrotiri RAF Fairford RAF Molesworth San Vito Stuttgart Airport Taszár Air Base Tuzla Air Base

Major units	31st Fighter Wing 39th Air Base Wing 52d Fighter Wing 65th Air Base Wing 48th Fighter Wing 86th Airlift Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 423d Air Base Group 501st Combat Support Wing

United States Air Force in Germany

Bases

Active

Stations	Kapaun

Bases	Ramstein Spangdahlem

Former

Stations	Lindsey

Bases	Bitburg Erding Fürstenfeldbruck Kaufbeuren Hahn Landsberg Neubiberg Rhein-Main Tempelhof Central Airport Wiesbaden Zweibrücken

Organizations

Active	United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) HQ Air Command Europe Third Air Force 52d Fighter Wing 435th Air Base Wing 86th Airlift Wing 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing

Former	Sixteenth Air Force Seventeenth Air Force

Part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

Non-USAFE bases and organizations shown in italics

USAAF Second Air Force in World War II

Airfields

Group Training Stations
Heavy Bombardment Training Stations
Replacement Training Stations
Tactical Airfields
Very Heavy Bomber Bases

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	2d Bombardment 6th Bombardment 7th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 12th Bombardment 16th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 29th Bombardment 34th Bombardment 39th Bombardment 40th Bombardment 42d Bombardment 46th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 48th Bombardment 85th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 88th Bombardment 94th Bombardment 95th Bombardment 96th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 100th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302d Bombardment 303d Bombardment 304th Bombardment 305th Bombardment 306th Bombardment 307th Bombardment 308th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 330th Bombardment 331st Bombardment 333d Bombardment 346th Bombardment 351st Bombardment 376th Bombardment 379th Bombardment 381st Bombardment 382d Bombardment 383d Bombardment 384th Bombardment 385th Bombardment 388th Bombardment 390th Bombardment 393d Bombardment 395th Bombardment 396th Bombardment 398th Bombardment 399th Bombardment 400th Bombardment 401st Bombardment 407th Bombardment 415th Bombardment 418th Bombardment 444th Bombardment 445th Bombardment 446th Bombardment 447th Bombardment 448th Bombardment 449th Bombardment 450th Bombardment 451st Bombardment 452d Bombardment 453d Bombardment 454th Bombardment 455th Bombardment 456th Bombardment 457th Bombardment 458th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 461st Bombardment 462d Bombardment 464th Bombardment 467th Bombardment 468th Bombardment 469th Bombardment 470th Bombardment 471st Bombardment 472d Bombardment 484th Bombardment 485th Bombardment 486th Bombardment 487th Bombardment 488th Bombardment 489th Bombardment 490th Bombardment 491st Bombardment 493d Bombardment 494th Bombardment 497th Bombardment 498th Bombardment 499th Bombardment 500th Bombardment 501st Bombardment 502d Bombardment 504th Bombardment 505th Bombardment 509th Composite

Fighter	20th Fighter 54th Fighter 84th Fighter 85th Fighter 507th Fighter 508th Fighter

Reconnaissance	2d Reconnaissance 3d Reconnaissance 4th Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 6th Reconnaissance 7th Reconnaissance 8th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance 77th Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	443d Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

Coordinates: 49°26′14″N 7°36′01″E / 49.437168°N 7.600306°E / 49.437168; 7.600306

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