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6th Air Division
Active	1940–1941; 1942–1943; 1946–1948; 1951–1966; 1968–1969
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Equipment	seeAircraft
Insignia
6th Air Division emblem(approved 5 October 1955)[1]

The6th Air Division is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with theThirteenth Air Force, based atClark Air Base, Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 December 1969.

On a shield per chevron argent and gules, in chief, a stylized silhouetted jet aircraft, issuing from chief, nose toward base azure; in base a sphere with land areas of the first and water areas of the third, grid lines black, over a branch of olive or, between two lightning bolts argent; superimposed overall and flanking the dexter and sinister, two stylized arrows or. (Approved 5 October 1955)

Established as a pursuit wing in 1940, underNortheast Air District (later First Air Force). Deployed to theEuropean Theater of Operations in the summer of 1942, the6th Fighter Wing was a training organization forVIII Fighter Command in England during 1942/43 where it trained replacement pilots for fighter organizations. After the war, it served in theCanal Zone as part of the defense forces of thePanama Canal

Being redesignated as an Air Division in 1951, the6th Air Division was an intermediate command echelon ofStrategic Air Command, performing, organizing, and training assigned units for sustained long–range offensive bombardment and air-to-air refueling operations around the world.

Inactivated by SAC with the closure ofDow Air Force Base in 1966, the unit was reactivated underThirteenth Air Force in thePhilippines as a theater transport command and control organization, supporting US forces in theVietnam War. Units under the division's control participated inArc Light missions and controlled aircraft that flew weather reconnaissance missions in Southeast Asia.^[1]

Inactivated in 1969 due to budget restraints.

• Established as the6th Pursuit Wing on 19 October 1940

Activated on 18 December 1940

Inactivated on 7 December 1941

• Redesignated6th Fighter Wing on 30 May 1942

Activated on 7 June 1942

Disestablished on 13 September 1943

• Reestablished on 5 August 1946

Activated on 25 August 1946

Inactivated on 28 July 1948

• Redesignated6th Air Division on 1 February 1951

Organized on 10 February 1951

Discontinued on 16 June 1952

• Activated on 16 June 1952

Discontinued and inactivated on 2 July 1966

• Activated on 5 July 1968

Organized on 1 August 1968

Inactivated on 15 December 1969^[1]

• GHQ Air Force, 18 December 1940 – 7 December 1941

Apparently further assigned to:Northeast Air District, later 1st Air Force, 16 January 1941

Apparently further assigned to:I Interceptor Command, 5 June – 7 December 1941

• VIII Fighter Command, 7 June 1942 – 13 September 1943 (attached to I Fighter Command until c. 5 August 1942)
• Caribbean Air Command, 25 August 1946 – 28 July 1948
• Second Air Force, 10 February 1951 – 16 June 1952
• Second Air Force, 16 June 1952
• Eighth Air Force, 1 January 1959 – 2 July 1966
• Pacific Air Forces, 5 July 1968 (not organized)
• Thirteenth Air Force, 1 August 1968 – 15 December 1969^[1]

• Selfridge Field, Michigan, 18 December 1940 – 7 December 1941
• Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania, 7 June-c. 4 August 1942
• RAF Bushey Hall (AAF-341), England, c. 16 August 1942
• RAF Atcham (AAF-342), England, c. 24 August 1942 – 13 September 1943
• Howard Field,Panama Canal Zone, 25 August 1946 – 28 July 1948
• MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 10 February 1951
• Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 1 April 1961 – 2 July 1966
• Clark Air Base, Philippines, 1 August 1968 – 15 December 1969^[1]

• List of United States Air Force air divisions

 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.
• 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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