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The ”’316th Airlift Division”’ (316th AD) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] organization. Its last assignment was with the [[United States Air Forces in Europe]], assigned to [[Seventeenth Air Force]], being stationed at [[Ramstein Air Base]], [[Germany]]. It was inactivated on 1 May 1991.

== History ==
=== Lineage===
* Established as ”’316 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy”’ on 4 Aug 1944.
: Activated on 14 Aug 1944.
: Redesignated: ”’316 Composite Wing”’ on 8 Jan 1946
: Redesignated: ”’316 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy”’ on 6 May 1946
: Inactivated on 21 Jun 1948
* Redesignated ”’316 Air Division (Defense)”’ on 26 Jun 1953
: Organized on 18 Sep 1953
: Discontinued on 1 Apr 1960
* Redesignated ”’316 Air Division”’ on 1 Jun 1985
: Activated on 14 Jun 1985
: Inactivated on 1 May 1991

=== Assignments ===
* [[Second Air Force]], 14 Aug 1944
* Army Service Forces, 8 Jul 1945
* [[United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific]]
: [[Eighth Air Force]], 5 Sep 1945
* [[PACAF|Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army]]
: [[1st Strategic Aerospace Division|1 Air Division]], 13 Jun 1946-21 Jun 1948
* [[United States Air Forces in Europe]]
: [[Seventeenth Air Force]], 18 Sep 1953
* [[United States Air Forces in Europe]], 15 Nov 1959-1 Apr 1960
* [[United States Air Forces in Europe]]
: [[Seventeenth Air Force]], 14 Jun 1985-1 May 1991.

=== Stations ===
* [[Peterson Air Force Base|Peterson Field]], [[Colorado]], 14 Aug 1944-7 Jul 1945
* [[Kadena Air Base|Kadena (later, Kadena Field, Kadena AAB, Kadena AFB)]], [[Okinawa]], 17 Aug 1945-21 Jun 1948
* Rabat Salé AB, [[Morocco|French Morocco (later, Morocco)]], 18 Sep 1953-1 Apr 1960
* [[Ramstein AB]], [[Germany|West Germany (later Germany)]], 14 Jun 1985-1 May 1991.

=== Components ===
”’Wing”’
* [[86th Airlift Wing|86 Tactical Fighter]]: 14 Jun 1985-1 May 1991.

”’Groups”’
* [[22d Air Refueling Wing|22 Bombardment]]: 31 May 1946-by 31 May 1948
* [[333d Bombardment Group|333 Bombardment]]: 31 Aug 1945-28 May 1946
* [[346th Bombardment Group|346 Bombardment]]: 31 Jul 1945-30 Jun 1946
* [[382d Bombardment Group|382 Bombardment]]: 31 Aug 1945-4 Jan 1946
* [[383d Bombardment Group|383 Bombardment]]: 31 Aug 1945-3 Jan 1946

”’Squadrons”’
* 28 Photographic Reconnaissance: 15-29 May 1946
* 45 Fighter-Interceptor (later, 45 Fighter-Day): 18 Sep 1953-8 Jan 1958
* 324 Fighter-Interceptor: 1 Jul 1958-8 Mar 1960
* 357 Fighter-Interceptor: 18 Sep 1953-8 Mar 1960.

===Aircraft===
* [[B-29 Superfortress]], 1945-1948
* [[F-86 Sabre]], 1953-1960
* [[F-100 Super Sabre]], 1956-1957
* [[F-16 Falcon]], 1985-1991.

=== Operational History===
The 316th Bombardment Wing trained in the United States before transfer to [[Okinawa]] in Aug 1945. Assigned units ferried Allied prisoners of war from [[Japan]] to the [[Phillipines|Philippine Islands]].

In Sep 1953, the 316th Division manned, equipped, trained, and maintained assigned units until Apr 1960. It provided warning and defense against potential hostile air operations against the [[Morocco|Moroccan region]] of [[North Africa]].

In 1985, the division gained operational responsibility to implement war and contingency plans. It also provided host support to units in the [[Kaiserslautern Military Community]] (KMC) as well as logistical support for other organizations in the European theater. In Apr-May 1991, assigned units deployed aircraft and personnel to [[Turkey]] in support of [[Operation Provide Comfort]], a humanitarian relief effort to save the Kurds from starvation and resettle them in northern [[Iraq]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
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