22nd Strategic Aerospace Division
B-52 andKC-135, which were assigned to the division from 1963 to 1965
Active	1942–1943; 1959–1965
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command of strategic strike forces
Insignia
22nd Strategic Aerospace Division emblem[a][1]

The22nd Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with theFifteenth Air Force, stationed atWalker Air Force Base,New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 July 1965 due to budget constraints.

"The 22nd Wing replaced an operational training unit at Hunter Field, Georgia on 5 December 1942 and began supervising and coordinating various aspects ofdive bomber training for subordinate groups. It moved to Florida in February 1943 and continued training until 15 August 1943. Reestablished in July 1959 and later redesignated 22nd Strategic Aerospace Division, it assured that assigned units were organized, manned, trained, and equipped to conductaerial refueling operations and long-rangestrategic bombing using eithernuclear weapons orconventional weapons. In addition, from 1962 to 1965 the division controlled AtlasICBMs."^[1]

• Established as the22nd Bombardment Training Wing on 28 November 1942

Activated on 5 December 1942

Disestablished on 15 August 1943

• Reestablished and redesignated22nd Air Division on 1 July 1959

Activated on 15 July 1959

Redesignated22nd Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1962

Discontinued and inactivated on 1 July 1965^[1]

• III Air Support Command, 5 December 1942
• III Fighter Command, 6 – 15 August 1943
• Second Air Force, 15 July 1959
• Fifteenth Air Force, 9 September 1960 – 1 July 1965^[1]

Wings

• 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing: 1 July 1963 – 1 July 1965
• 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing: 1 July 1962 – 25 June 1965
• 341st Strategic Missile Wing: 15 July 1961 – 1 July 1962
• 461st Bombardment Wing: 1 February 1963 – 30 June 1964
• 4045th Air Refueling Wing: 15 July 1959 – 9 September 1960
• 4062nd Strategic Wing: 1 December 1960 – 20 February 1962
• 4090th Air Refueling Wing: 15 July 1959 [ 1 July 1960
• 4128th Strategic Wing: 1 July 1962 – 1 February 1963^[1]

Groups

• 84th Bombardment Group: 5 December 1942 – 15 August 1943
• 311th Bombardment Group: 5 December 1942 – c. July 1943
• 312th Bombardment Group: 5 December 1942 – c. March 1943
• 339th Bombardment Group: 5 December 1942 – 15 August 1943
• 405th Bombardment Group: 1 March – 15 August 1943
• 407th Bombardment Group: 7 April – 15 August 1943^[1]

• Hunter Field, Georgia, 5 December 1942
• Drew Field, Florida, 12 February – 15 August 1943
• Clinton County Air Force Base, Ohio, 15 July 1959
• Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 9 September 1960
• Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 July 1962
• Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1 July 1963 – 1 July 1965^[1]

Explanatory notes

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 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. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• 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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