The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive

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organization. Its last assignment was with

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, assigned to

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, being stationed at

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. It was inactivated on 1 April 1992. The 3rd Air Division was created in

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during World War II as the 3rd Bombardment Division, an upper command echelon of the

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. With five combat bomb wings and 14 heavy bomber groups assigned, it was one of the two largest U.S. air combat organizations during World War II.

World War II

The 3rd Air Division was activated in September 1943 as an intermediate command and control organization between command and wing levels. It was assigned to VIII Bomber Command,

. The Division commanded three combat bombardment wings (4th, 13th and 45th), consisting of seven

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bomb groups. The addition of the 92nd and 93rd Combat Bomb Wings in 1944 and additional bomb groups to the other wings increased the number of combat groups to fourteen. Between May 1944 and September 1944 the division operated both B-17 Flying Fortress (nine groups) and

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(five groups) aircraft, before converting to an all-B-17 organization for the remainder of the war. In September 1944 the 66th Fighter Wing was assigned directly to the division for fighter support. The bomb groups bombed

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targets in the

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(ETO). During the weeks immediately preceding the invasion of France, division aircraft bombed tactical targets such as German communications centers and lines of support, and on 6 June 1944 hit targets on the Cherbourg Peninsula immediately behind the landing beaches. After V-E Day, the 3rd Air Division briefly became part of the

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. As former Eighth Air Force units were withdrawn from Europe and returned to the United States during the summer and fall of 1945, the Division was assigned to

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and controlled a mixture of bombardment and fighter groups before itself being inactivated on 21 November 1945.

In Europe from 1948

In August 1948, in response to the

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, the U.S. deployed long-range

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strategic bombers to four English

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n bases. The 3rd Air Division (Provisional) was activated as part of

to receive, support and operationally control the B-29 units deployed for training. At this time these units were only expected to take part in 30- to 60-day temporary duty cycles. It was formed at

RAF Marham Royal Air Force Marham, commonly abbreviated RAF Marham is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Marham in the county of Norfolk, East Anglia. It is home to No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (138 EAW) and, as such, is one of the RAF's ' ...

in Norfolk, and on 23 August 1948, the provisional title was dropped, and on 8 September the headquarters moved into quarters at

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in London and remained there until April 1949 when it moved to the Victoria Park Estate,

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. It also provided aircraft maintenance support at

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(Cheshire) for

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aircraft used in the

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. It was briefly elevated to the

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level from 3 January 1949 – 21 January 1951. When the Berlin Airlift ended in 1949, the division participated in the

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in England and began an extensive air base construction program through May 1951 and a large number of USAF organizations based in the United Kingdom. With the advent of the

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and the growing

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threat of the

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, the U.S. and UK agreed to an even greater U.S. military presence in the United Kingdom. The resulting growing size and complexity of the American military presence required a larger command and organizational structure, that could meet the needs of the increased operations. The 3rd Air Division was inactivated on 1 May 1951. In its place

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activated

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to command its units in the United Kingdom.

(SAC) had activated the

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a few days earlier to control its forces deployed in Europe. SAC's intent in activating a separate headquarters was to maintain control of these forces by keeping them out of the control of the theater commander and avoid what it regarded as the misuse of its forces in the

, in which its bombers had been kept from striking strategic targets by the theater commander.

In the Pacific from 1954

The 3rd Air Division was activated again at

Andersen Air Force Base Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam. The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing (36 WG), assigned to the Pacif ...

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in June 1954 as the

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for all SAC units in the Pacific. The division replaced the Far East Air Forces Bomber Command (Provisional), which was simultaneously discontinued at

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, Japan. In addition to the strategic bomber force, the division exercised operational control over numerous deployed tactical components, and all Strategic Air Command (SAC) operations in the region came under its jurisdiction. It also supported air refueling needs of all United States military agencies operating in or transiting the region. In mid-1958, the deployment of entire SAC wings to Guam was replaced by an "Air Mail" alert program, whereby several

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wings in the U.S. maintained a specific number of B-47s and KC-97s at

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to meet both routine and alert requirements. In April 1964, the division switched from "Air Mail" B-47 / KC-97 to "Reflex" B-52 / KC-135 alert forces, again with aircraft and crews furnished in deployed status from U.S. based SAC wings. In 1965, it became heavily involved in Arc Light and Young Tiger operations in the Far East and SE Asia (SEA). Strategic Air Command wings in the U.S. furnished the aircrews and aircraft for these operations. The first elements of the 3rd Air Division to enter combat in SEA were the tanker forces under Young Tiger. In June 1965, Arc Light B-52s struck suspected

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targets in

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, commencing the first SAC combat missions. B-52s began striking targets in

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on 11 April 1966; the initial attack against the Mu Gia Pass marked the largest single bomber raid since World War II. By late 1969, most Arc Light operations staged from

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, while others were mounted from

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and Andersen. Andersen AFB remained the primary base for SAC deployed forces from the U.S., however, and aircraft and crews were sent from Guam to Kadena and U Tapao for combat missions. On 1 April 1970 the 3rd Air Division's resources passed to the

. Effective 1 January 1975, 3rd Air Division again controlled all SAC operations in the Western Pacific,

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, and

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. Additionally, it assumed responsibility for air refueling support of all U.S. military forces in these areas. During

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operations in late 1990 through early 1991, it tasked and supported numerous sorties supporting the deployment in the Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Lineage

* Established as 3rd Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 : Activated on 13 September 1943 : Redesignated 3rd Air Division on 1 January 1945 : Inactivated on 21 November 1945 : Organized on 23 August 1948 : Discontinued on 1 May 1951 * Redesignated 3rd Air Division (Operational) on 8 October 1953 : Activated on 25 October 1953 : Inactivated on 1 March 1954 * Redesignated 3rd Air Division on 8 June 1954 : Activated on 18 June 1954 : Inactivated on 1 April 1970 * Activated on 1 January 1975 : Inactivated on 1 April 1992

Assignments

* VIII Bomber Command (later, Eighth Air Force), 13 September 1943 * VIII Fighter Command, 16 July – 21 November 1945 * United States Air Forces in Europe, 23 August 1948 *

, 3 January 1949 *

, 21 January – 1 May 1951, 25 October 1953 – 1 March 1954 * Strategic Air Command, 18 June 1954 – 1 April 1970, 1 January 1975 *

, 31 January 1982 – 1 April 1992

Components

Wings

* VIII Bomber Command : 4th Combat Bombardment: 13 September 1943 – 18 June 1945 : 4th Bombardment (Provisional): 18 November 1944 – 10 February 1945 : 13th Combat Bombardment (later, 13th Bombardment): 13 September 1943 – c. 6 August 1945 : 45th Combat Bombardment: 13 September 1943 – 18 June 1945 : 92nd Combat Bombardment: 31 March 1944 – c. 13 June 1945 : 93rd Combat Bombardment: 10 January 1944 – c. 13 July 1945 : 401st Provisional Combat, Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 402nd Provisional Combat, Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 403rd Provisional Combat, Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 * VIII Fighter Command : 1st Bombardment: 12 August – c. 26 August 1945 : 2nd Bombardment: 12 August – c. 25 August 1945 : 14th Bombardment: 16 June – 26 August 1945 : 20th Bombardment: 16 June – c. 6 August 1945 : 65th Fighter: 1 June – 1 November 1945 : 66th Fighter: 15 September 1944 – 1 November 1945 : 67th Fighter: 12 August – 1 November 1945 * Eighth Air Force : 307th Strategic: 1 January – 30 September 1975 : 376th Strategic: 1 January 1975 – 30 October 1991 * Fifteenth Air Force : 6th Bombardment: 9 August 1990 – 1 April 1992 Temporary attached Air Mail/Reflex units not listed. Check AFHRA link for details.

Groups

* VIII Bomber command : 385 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 388 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 390 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 94 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 - 18 June – 12 August 1945; 28 September – 1 November 1945 : 95 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 : 96 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 - 18–12 August 1945; 28 September – 1 November 1945 : 100 Bombardment: 13–14 September 1943 - 18 June – 12 August 1945; 28 September – 1 November 1945 : 493 Bombardment: 1–10 January 1944 * VIII Fighter Command : 4 Fighter: 16 October – 1 November 1945 : 339 Fighter: 14 April – c. 6 August 1944 : 355 Fighter: 16 July – October 1945 : 479 Fighter: 16 July – October 1945 : 420 Air Service,

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: 15 April - 25 July 1945 * United States Air Forces in Europe : 2 Bombardment: attached 23 August – 17 November 1948; attached 21 February – c. 15 May 1950 : 22 Bombardment: attached 19 November 1948 – 14 February 1949; attached 17 November 1949 – 17 February 1950 : 28 Bombardment: attached 23 August – 18 October 1948 : 43 Bombardment: attached 20 August – 18 November 1949 : 92 Bombardment: attached 6 February – 6 May 1949 : 97 Bombardment: attached 4 November 1948 – 15 February 1949; July 1950 – February 1951 : 98 Bombardment: attached 18 May – 18 August 1949 : 301 Bombardment: attached 19 October 1948 – 17 January 1949; attached 19 May – c. 3 July 1950 : 307 Bombardment: attached 23 August – 4 November 1948; attached 15 February – 30 April 1949 : 509 Bombardment: attached 4 May – 30 August 1949 : 20 Fighter Bomber: attached 20 July – 10 December 1950

Squadrons

* VIII Fighter Command : 36 Bombardment: 12 August – 1 September 1945 : 652 Bombardment (Weather Reconnaissance): 25 August – 1 September 1945; 12 October – 1 November 1945. : 653 Bombardment (Weather Reconnaissance): 12 October – 1 November 1945. : 862 Bombardment: attached 17 February – 7 May 1945. : 418th Bombardment Squadron: attached 7 April 1944 – 31 December 1945. * United States Air Forces in Europe : 2 Air Refueling: attached 6 April – c. 15 May 1950 : 23 Strategic Reconnaissance: attached 22 December 1949 – 6 March 1950 : 72 Strategic Reconnaissance: attached 1 June – 15 November 1950 : 301 Air Refueling: attached 19 May – c. 3 July 1950. * Fifteenth Air Force : 82 Strategic Reconnaissance: 25 August 1967 – 2 January 1968

Stations

* Camp Blainey, England, 13 September 1943 *

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, England, c. 27 October – 21 November 1945 * RAF Marham, England, 23 August 1948 * Bushy Park, England, 8 September 1948 * Victoria Park Estate (later, USAF Station), South Ruislip, England, 15 April 1949 – 1 May 1951 * Wiesbaden AB,

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, 25 October 1953 – 1 March 1954 *

, 18 June 1954 – 1 April 1970; 1 January 1975 – 12 September 1988 *

, 12 September 1988 – 1 April 1992.

Aircraft

World War II

* B-17 Flying Fortress 1943–1945; * B-24 Liberator 1944; *

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1944–1945; fighter *

North American P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kin ...

1944–1945. fighter

Strategic Air Command

Boeing B-50 Superfortress The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is a retired American strategic bomber. A post–World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines, stronger structure, a taller tail fin ...

1954; *

Convair B-36 Peacemaker The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in spa ...

1954–1955 1955–1956; * Convair RB-36 1955; * Boeing B-47 Stratojet 1955 1956–1964; *

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic aircraft, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the ...

1964–1970; *

Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It replaced the KB-29 and was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Design and developme ...

1957 – c. 1965; *

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the 707. Boeing gave ...

1965–1970. *

1975–1992; *

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is an American tanker and cargo aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1981 to 2024. A military version of the three-engine DC-10 airliner, the KC-10 was developed from the A ...

(tankers in TDY status) 1986–1988; * KC-135 Stratotanker 1975–1992; * Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint 1975–1992. reconnaissance

References

Notes

Bibliography

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External links

* {{USAAF 8th Air Force UK

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Divisions of the United States Army Air Forces

World War II

In Europe from 1948

In the Pacific from 1954

Lineage

Assignments

Components

Wings

Groups

Squadrons

Stations

Aircraft

World War II

Strategic Air Command

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links