310th Air Division The 310th Air Division ( 310th AD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with Continental Air Command , assigned to Twelfth Air Force , being stationed at Tinker AFB , Oklahoma . It was inactivated on 27 June 1949 . During World War II , the 310 Bombardment Wing , Medium was a command and control echelon of Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific theater , controlling numerous fighter and bomber groups and squadrons until the Japanese surrender in 1945 . Its attached units flew missions against Japanese shipping , coastal installations , gun positions , airdromes , and troop concentrations . Fighting in New Guinea and later the Philippine Islands , attached fighter units flew escort for bombing , supply , and reconnaissance missions . Inactivated in Japan during early 1946 . Activated as part of the Air Force Reserve at Tinker Field , Oklahoma in 1947 . The organization was redesignated as an Air Division in April 1948 as part of the realignment of the United States Air Force command echelon structure . It was primarily an administrative organization . It inactivated in 1949 . History . Components . Wing Groups Squadrons Operations . Activated in New Guinea in February 1944 , the 310th wing maintained operational control over numerous attached groups and squadrons until the Japanese surrender in 1945 . Its attached units flew missions against Japanese shipping , coastal installations , gun positions , airdromes , and troop concentrations . Fighting in New Guinea and later the Philippine Islands , attached fighter units flew escort for bombing , supply , and reconnaissance missions . In October 1945 , the wing moved to Japan and served in the occupation force . The 310th Bomb Wing ( Light ) was organized as an Reserve unit on 19 February 1947 at Tinker AFB . The 310th Bombardment Wing was officially activated on 10 July 1947 in accordance with 10th Air Force General Order ( 10 AF GO ) # 41 , 26 June 1947 . The 323d Bombardment Group and 456th Bombardment Squadron at Tinker Field , the 340 Bombardment Group , 487th and 488th Bombardment Squadrons at Tulsa , and the 489th Bombardment Squadron at Davis Field were activated between 9 September and 12 November 1947 , with requests for activation of up to five more bombardment squadrons pending as of early 1948 . Even before the bomb wing ’ s activation , it was decided that it should be equipped with the respected Douglas A - 26 “ Invader ” light bombardment aircraft . The bomb wing ’ s reservists were indeed fortunate to receive several of these light bombers by mid - 1948 , with the promise of more . Plans were underway soon afterwards to activate the 323d Bombardment Group , and the 455th and 456th Bombardment Squadrons , all subordinate units of the 310th Bombardment Wing . By April 1948 the 310th Bombardment Wing had grown so large that it was redesignated the 310th Air Division with ( by then ) Brigadier General Lewis remaining in command . The 323d Bombardment Group became the 323d Bombardment Wing ( Light ) on the same date , with Lieutenant Colonel R . Ahern commanding . From that point , the 323d Bombardment Wing became the focal point for Air Force Reserve activities in Oklahoma . The 310th Air Division seemed to have become largely an administrative headquarters , and it slipped into obscurity for the remainder of its existence at Tinker Air Force Base , eventually being inactivated on 27 June 1949 .