4310th Air Division

4310th Air Division
Boeing B-47s of Strategic Air Command[1]
Active	1958–1963
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command of strategic strike and reconnaissance forces
Part of	Strategic Air Command

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.^[2][3]

"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."^[2]

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^[2] 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^[2]

Assignments

• Sixteenth Air Force, 15 January 1958 – 15 August 1963^[2]

Stations

• Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, 15 January 1958
• Nouasseur Air Base, Morocco, 15 June 1958 – 15 August 1963^[2]

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^[2]

See also

• List of United States Air Force air divisions

References

Notes

1. Aircraft are from the 306th Bombardment Wing
2. "Factsheet 4310 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. October 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
3. "Factsheet 5 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

Bibliography

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

• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.