Strategic Air Command

5th Air Division
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     Reactivated as the 5th Air Division on 14 Jan 1951, the 5th moved without personnel and equipment, to French Morocco in May 1951, absorbing the resources and responsibilities of the USAF Mission to Morocco. The division then manned, trained, and equipped assigned units and prepared installations in French Morocco for the support of other SAC units, in accordance with emergency war plans and operations orders. The 5th  Air Division inactivated on 15 Jan 1958.

 

5th Air Division

Activated on:

14 Jan 1951.

At:

Offutt AFB, NE

Assigned to:

Strategic Air Command on 14 Jan 1951.

Moved to:

Rabat/Sale, French Morocco on 25 May 1951.

Moved to:

Sidi Slimane, French Morocco on 29 May 1954.

Reassigned to:

Sixteenth Air Force on 1 Jul 1957.

Deactivated on:

15 Jan 1958.

Attached Units

7th Bomb Wing

10 Jul 1955

13 Sep 1955

19th Bomb Wing

7 Jan 1956

11 Apr 1956

19th Bomb Wing

8 May 1956

7 Jul 1957

44th Bomb Wing

19 Jan 1953

22 Feb 1953

44th Bomb Wing

19 Apr 1954

17 Jun 1954

55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

18 May 1955

16 Aug 1955

70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

26 Oct 1956

17 Dec 1956

301st Bomb Wing

10 Feb 1954

17 Apr 1954

303rd Bomb Wing

5 Oct 1952

6 Nov 1952

305th Bomb Wing

3 Nov 1955

8 Jan 1956

305th Bomb Wing

7 Jan 1957

8 mar 1957

306th Bomb Wing

5 Jan 1955

21 Feb 1955

306th Bomb Wing

23 Oct 1956

9 Jan 1957

308th Bomb Wing

21 Aug 1956

26 Oct 1956

321st Bomb Wing

9 Apr 1956

9 Jul 1956

379th Bomb Wing

6 Mar 1957

12 May 1957