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Flag of the 17th Air Division
The 17th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces , stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield , Thailand, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1976.
History [ edit ]
The air division was first activated as the 17th Bombardment Wing on 18 December 1940, and assigned to the Southeast Air District . It was assigned the 3d and 27th Bombardment Groups as its operational units, and the 22d Pursuit Wing was attached from January to June 1942.[1] In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 3d Air Support Command .[2]
Reactivated as part of Second Air Force in June 1942 as the 17th Bombardment Training Wing . Was the primary training command organization for USAAF heavy bombardment (B-17 Flying Fortress , B-24 Liberator ) heavy groups during World War II from June 1942 until May 1944. Initially, it controlled the third phase of training, in which each bombardment group split into tactical components and operated from squadron sized airfields under simulated combat conditions. Later, the 17th supervised the first and second phases of heavy bombardment group and crew training.[1]
In 1943 assumed mission for training B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy bombardment groups prior to their deployment to Twentieth Air Force in the Pacific Theater until April 1946 when it ceased all activity. It also exercised limited supervision over the training of the XXI and XXII Bomber Commands during 1944.[1]
Strategic Air Command [ edit ]
The disbanded wing was reconstituted and redesignated as the 17th Air Division, and activated on 15 July 1959. It gained control of the 340th and the 305th Bombardment Wings at Bunker Hill AFB , Indiana , and the 4040th Air Base Squadron at Richard I. Bong AFB , Wisconsin in 1959. The two bombardment wings flew normal SAC alert patrols and participated in special exercises as required. The division lost its bombardment wings and gained missile wings in 1963, assuming responsibility for Titan and Minuteman missiles in Missouri , Kansas , and later Arkansas . When joined by the 70th Bombardment Wing, on 1 July 1965 with B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, the division reverted to an earlier designation – 17th Strategic Aerospace Division. From 1965 to 1971, the division's units frequently deployed bomber and tanker resources. Arc Light operations in Southeast Asia , consisting of military operations against enemy forces in Vietnam , drew most of the deployments.[1]
Pacific Air Forces [ edit ]
From 1 July 1975 to 1 January 1976 as part of Pacific Air Forces , it maintained an effective training program for United States Air Force tactical units in Thailand . Inactivated as part of the USAF phaseout of activities in Thailand after the end of the Vietnam War .
Lineage [ edit ]
Constituted as the 17th Bombardment Wing on 3 October 1940
Activated on 18 December 1940
Inactivated on 1 September 1941
Activated on 23 June 1942
Redesignated 17th Bombardment Training Wing in January 1943
Redesignated 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing in April 1943
Inactivated on 15 November 1943
Redesignated 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Very Heavy)
Activated on 11 March 1944
Inactivated on 9 April 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted and redesignated 17th Air Division , on 1 July 1959
Activated on 15 July 1959
Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Aerospace Division on 15 February 1962
Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Missile Division on 1 September 1963
Redesignated as: 17th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1965
Inactivated on 30 June 1971
Redesignated as: 17th Air Division on 24 January 1975
Activated on 1 July 1975
Inactivated on 1 January 1976[1]
Assignments [ edit ]
Southeast Air District (later, Third Air Force) , 16 January 1941 – 1 September 1941
Attached to III Bomber Command , 23 April – 1 September 1941
Components [ edit ]
Commands [ edit ]
20th Bombardment Wing : attached c. 15 August 1945 – January 1946
22d Pursuit Wing: attached 16 January – c. 16 June 1941
41st Bombardment Wing : attached 17 March – 4 July 1943
47th Bombardment Wing : attached c. 15 August 1945 – January 1946
70th Bombardment Wing : 1 July 1965 – 31 December 1969
72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing : attached 20 August – c. 6 October 1943
73d Bombardment Wing : attached c. 15 April – 17 July 1944
96th Bombardment Wing : attached 16 August – 17 October 1945
305th Bombardment Wing : 15 July 1959 – 1 January 1961
308th Strategic Missile Wing : 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971
313th Bombardment Wing : attached 23 April – 5 November 1944
314th Bombardment Wing : attached 23 April – 9 December 1944
315th Bombardment Wing : attached 17 July 1944 – June 1945
316th Bombardment Wing : attached 14 August 1944 – 7 July 1945
340th Bombardment Wing : 15 July 1959 – 1 September 1963
351st Strategic Missile Wing : 1 February 1963 – 30 June 1971
381st Strategic Missile Wing : 1 July 1963 – 30 June 1971
500th Air Refueling Wing : 1 January – 1 July 1963
4045th Air Refueling Wing: 9 September 1960 – 1 January 1963
432lst Strategic Wing: 1 October 1959 – 15 August 1962[1]
3d Bombardment Group: 18 December 1940 – 1 September 1941
6th Bombardment Group : attached 5 May – 18 November 1944
9th Bombardment Group : attached 5 May – 18 November 1944
16th Bombardment Group : attached 5 May 1944 – June 1945
19th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 7 December 1944
27th Bombardment Group: 18 December 1940 – 1 September 1941
29th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 7 December 1944
34th Bombardment Group : attached 2 November – 14 December 1942
39th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April 1944 – 8 January 1945
44th Bombardment Group : attached 24 July 1945 – 30 March 1946
45th Bombardment Group : attached 15 January – 17 June 1941
46th Bombardment Group : attached 15 January – 19 May 1941
48th Bombardment Group : attached 15 January – 21 May 1941
56th Pursuit Group : attached 15 January – 16 May 1941
88th Bombardment Group : attached c. 1 November 1942 – November 1943
91st Bombardment Group : attached c. 26 June – 24 August 1942
93d Bombardment Group : attached 24 July 1945 – 30 March 1946
95th Bombardment Group : attached 2 November 1942 – 18 April 1943
96th Bombardment Group : attached 28 September – 30 October 1942
98th Bombardment Group : attached c. 6 May – 10 November 1945
99th Bombardment Group : attached 2 – c. 16 November 1942
100th Bombardment Group : attached 2 – c. 29 November 1942
302d Bombardment Group : attached 1–30 September 1942
303d Bombardment Group : attached 1 – c. 23 August 1942
304th Bombardment Group : attached 2 November – c. December 1942
305th Bombardment Group : attached 1–31 August 1942
306th Bombardment Group : attached 1 July – 1 August 1942
307th Bombardment Group : attached 30 September – 20 October 1942
330th Bombardment Group : c. 15 April 1944 – 7 January 1945
331st Bombardment Group : attached 12 July 1944 – July 1945
333d Bombardment Group : attached 1 September – 1 November 1942; 7 July 1944 – August 1945
346th Bombardment Group : attached 18 August 1944 – September 1945
351st Bombardment Group : attached November – December 1942
376th Bombardment Group : attached 8 May – 10 November 1945
379th Bombardment Group : attached 3 – c. 18 November 1942
381st Bombardment Group : attached c. 1 December 1942 – c. 2 January 1943
382d Bombardment Group : attached 25 August 1944 – September 1945
383d Bombardment Group : attached 12 November 1942 – c. 25 October 1943; 28 August 1944 – September 1945
385th Bombardment Group : attached 1 February – June 1943
390th Bombardment Group : attached 26 January – 4 July 1943
393d Bombardment Group : attached 16 February – c. 2 March 1943
395th Bombardment Group : attached 16 February – c. 24 October 1943
396th Bombardment Group : attached 10 April – c. 4 November 1943
398th Bombardment Group : attached 1 March – c. 4 April 1943; 29 April – November 1943
401st Bombardment Group : attached 1 April – 1 October 1943
447th Bombardment Group : attached 1 May – November 1943
448th Bombardment Group : attached 11 September – November 1943; 25 July 1945 – c. 30 March 1946
449th Bombardment Group : attached 24 July 1945 – c. 30 March 1946
450th Bombardment Group : attached c. 26 July – 15 October 1945
452d Bombardment Group : attached 1 June – November 1943
456th Bombardment Group : attached 17 August – 17 October 1945
457th Bombardment Group : attached 1 July – November 1943
458th Bombardment Group : 25 July – c. 20 August 1945
463d Bombardment Group : attached 1 August – c. 4 November 1943
466th Bombardment Group : attached 25 July – c. 14 August 1945
467th Bombardment Group : attached 25 July 1945 – c. 30 March 1946
483d Bombardment Group : attached 20 September – c. 5 November 1943
484th Bombardment Group : attached 20 September – November 1943
485th Bombardment Group : attached 24 July 1945 – 30 March 1946
488th Bombardment Group : attached 1 October – c. 31 October 1943
489th Bombardment Group : attached c. 28 February – c. 2 April 1945; c. 10 July – September 1945
497th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 18 July 1944
498th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 13 July 1944
499th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 22 July 1944
500th Bombardment Group : attached 16 April – 23 July 1944
501st Bombardment Group : attached 1 June 1944 – June 1945
502d Bombardment Group : attached 5 June 1944 – July 1945
504th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 5 November 1944
505th Bombardment Group : attached c. 15 April – 6 November 1944.
Stations [ edit ]
Rapid City Army Air Base , South Dakota, 23 June 1942
Walla Walla Army Air Field , Washington, c. 1 July – 15 November 1943
Smoky Hill Army Air Field , Kansas, 11 March 1944
Colorado Springs Army Air Base , Colorado, April 1944
Grand Island Army Air Field , Nebraska, May 1944
Sioux City Army Air Base , Iowa, February 1945
Fort Worth Army Air Field , Texas, December 1945 – 9 April 1946.
Whiteman Air Force Base , Missouri, 15 July 1959 – 30 June 1971
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield , Thailand, 1 July 1975 – 1 January 1976[1]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Futrell, p. 13
Bibliography [ edit ]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Futrell, Robert F. (September 1956). "Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24" (PDF) . Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University. Retrieved 23 January 2022 .
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1 . LCCN 61060979 .
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977 . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 .
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