1st Strategic Aerospace Division
1st Strategic Aerospace Division was officially named what from Jul 1990 to Sep 1991?
1st Strategic Aerospace Division The 1st Strategic Aerospace Division ( 1st STRAD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command , assigned to Fifteenth Air Force , being stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base , California . It was inactivated on 1 September 1991 . The division directed and supervised heavy bombardment ( 1943–1945 ) and fighter ( 1944–1945 ) operations during World War II within the Eighth Air Force in the European Theater . Replacing the Eighth Air Force in Okinawa in June 1946 , the division directed fighter reconnaissance and bomber organizations , and provided air defense for the Ryukyu Islands , Japan until December 1948 . From 1954 to 1955 , the division served as a holding unit at Westover Air Force Base , Massachusetts , for personnel of Eighth Air Force , who moved to the base as part of a transfer of Eighths headquarters from Carswell Air Force Base , Texas . Activated again under the Air Research and Development Command in April 1957 , it was the first division level organization controlling intermediate range and intercontinental ballistic missiles . It became an operational component of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) in January 1958 and began operational testing of missile systems , supporting missile launchings by SAC and other agencies , and training SAC missilemen . These missions continued until the final disbandment on 1 September 1991 . Lineage . - Established as the 1st Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 - Activated on 7 June 1946 - Redesignated 1st Air Division ( Meteorological Survey ) on 12 April 1955 - Redesignated 1st Missile Division on 18 March 1957 - Redesignated 1st Strategic Aerospace Division on 21 July 1961 Assignments . - VIII Bomber Command ( later , Eighth Air Force ) , 13 September 1943 - VIII Fighter Command , 16 July – 31 October 1945 - Pacific Air Command , U.S . Army ( later Far East Air Forces ) , 7 June 1946 – 1 December 1948 - Eighth Air Force , 1 July 1954 – 1 April 1955 - Strategic Air Command , 15 April 1955 – 20 May 1956 - Air Research and Development Command , 15 April 1957 - Strategic Air Command , 1 January 1958 - Fifteenth Air Force , 1 September 1988 – 1 September 1991 Stations . - Brampton Grange , United Kingdom , 13 September 1943 - RAF Alconbury , United Kingdom , 16 September – 31 October 1945 - Kadena ( later Kadena Army Air Base , Kadena Air Force Base ) , Okinawa , 7 June 1946 – 1 December 1948 - Westover Air Force Base , Massachusetts , 1 July 1954 – 1 April 1955 - Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska , 15 April 1955 – 20 May 1956 - Inglewood , CA , 15 April 1957 - Cooke Air Force Base ( later Vandenberg Air Force Base ) , California , 16 July 1957 – 1 September 1991 Components . Divisions - 301st Fighter Division ( Provisional ) : 18 August – 16 September 1948 ( not operational entire period ) - 316th Air Division : See 316th Bombardment Wing below Wings - 1st Combat Bombardment Wing ( later 1st Bombardment Wing ) : 13 September 1943 – 12 August 1945 - 2d Bombardment Wing : 31 July – 12 August 1945 - 40th Combat Bombardment Wing ( later 40th Bombardment Wing ) : 13 September 1943 – 26 September 1945 - 41st Combat Bombardment Wing ( later 41st Bombardment Wing ) : 13 September 1943 – 1 June 1945 - 67th Fighter Wing : attached 6 October – 31 December 1944 , assigned 1 January – 12 August 1945 - 92d Combat Bombardment Wing : 1 December – c . 11 December 1943 - 94th Combat Bombardment Wing ( later 94 Bombardment Wing ) : 12 December 1943 – 18 June 1945 - 101st Provisional Heavy Bombardment Combat : attached 13–16 September 1943 - 102d Provisional Heavy Bombardment Combat : attached 13–16 September 1943 - 103d Provisional Heavy Bombardment Combat : attached 13–16 September 1943 - 32d Composite Wing : 24 August – 1 December 1948 - 51st Fighter Wing : 18 August – 1 December 1948 . - 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Wing : 18 August – 25 October 1948 ( not operational , and detached , 24 August – 25 October 1948 ) - 301st Fighter Wing : 7 June 1946 – 1 December 1948 ( not operational , 18 August – 1 December 1948 ) - 316th Bombardment Wing ( later 316th Air Division ) : 7 June 1946 – 21 June 1948 - 392d Strategic Missile Wing : 18 October – 20 December 1961 - 456th Troop Carrier Wing : attached c . 15 April 1955 – 26 March 1956 - 703d Strategic Missile Wing : 25 September 1958 – 15 January 1959 - 704th Strategic Missile Wing : 1 August 1957 – 1 July 1959 ( not operational 6 April – 1 July 1959 ) - 706th Strategic Missile Wing : 23 February 1958 – 16 January 1959 - 4320th Strategic Wing ( Missile ) : 1–23 February 1958 - 4392d Aerospace Support Wing : 21 July – 20 December 1961 , 1 July 1987 – 15 January 1991 - Strategic Missile , Provisional : attached 1 January – 1 February 1958 ( became 4320th Strategic Wing subsequently ) Groups - 6th Bombardment Group : 1 June 1947 – 18 October 1948 ( not operational ) - 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group : attached 18 August – 1 November 1948 - 93d Bombardment Group : attached 24 May – 25 August 1948 - 94th Bombardment Group : 12 August – 26 September 1945 - 96th Bombardment Group : 12 August – 26 September 1945 - 98th Bombardment Group : attached 25 August – 1 December 1948 - 100th Bombardment Group : 12 August – 26 September 1945 - 4000th Support Group ( later other designations ) : 1966–1983 Squadrons - 644th Strategic Missile Squadron : April–December 1959 - 864th , 865th , 866th Strategic Missile Squadrons - 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron - Others , too numerous Aircraft and missiles operated . From - Aircraft - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress , 1943–1945 - Consolidated B-24 Liberator , 1943–1945 - North American P-51 Mustang , 1944–1945 - Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1946–1948 - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt , 1944 , 1946–1948 - Northrop P-61 Black Widow , 1946–1948 - Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star , 1947–1948 - B/ERB-17 , 1946–1948 - B-25 , 1946 - B-29/F-13 , 1946–1947 - Beechcrat C-45 Expeditor , 1946 - Curtiss C-46 Commando , 1946–1947 - L-4 , 1946 - L-5 , 1946–1948 - OA-10 , 1946–1947 - R-6 , 1946 - B/FB-17 , 1948 - RB-29 , 1948 - F-2 , 1948 - C-119 , 1955–1956 - Missile systems - PGM-17 Thor , 1958–1962 - SM-65 Atlas , 1958–1966 - PGM-19 Jupiter , 1958–1962 - SM-68 Titan , 1960–1969 - Minuteman I , 1961–1975 - LGM-25C Titan II , 1962–1977 - Minuteman II , 1966 - Minuteman III , 1971–1991 .