Strategic Air Command

12th Air Division
 

 

     Redesignated 12th Air Division and organized on 10 Feb 1951, the organization conducted training for worldwide bombardment operations, and from 1963 to 1973 maintained an ICBM capability. The division also conducted staff assistance visits and monitored programs such as retention, domestic actions, and medical capabilities of its subordinate units.

Activated on:

10 Feb 1951.

At:

March AFB, CA

Assigned to:

Fifteenth Air Force on 16 Jun 1952.

Moved to:

Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, on 1 Jan 1962.

Redesignated on:

1 Jun 1962 as 12th Strategic Aerospace Division.

 

12th Strategic Aerospace Division

Redesignated on:

30 Jun 1971 as 12th Strategic Missile Division.

 

12th Strategic Missile Division

Redesignated on:

1 Mar 1973 as 12th Air Division.

 

12th Air Division

Moved to:

Dyess AFB, TX, on 30 Sep 1976.

Moved to:

Ellsworth AFB, SD, on 15 Jul 1988.

Reassigned to:

Eighth Air Force on 1 Jul 1989.

Deactivated on:

31 Jul 1990.

Assigned Units

6th Strategic Aerospace Wing

1 Jul 1965

25 Mar 1967

6th Strategic Aerospace Wing

2 Jul 1968

30 Jun 1971

22nd Bomb Wing

10 Feb 1951

1 Jan 1962

22nd Bomb Wing

1 Aug 1972

10 Oct 1982

22nd Air Refueling Wing

10 Oct 1982

1 Oct 1985

28th Bomb Wing

15 Jul 1988

31 Jul 1990

44th Bomb Wing

10 Feb 1951

4 Aug 1951

44th Strategic Missile Wing

15 Jul 1988

31 Jul 1990

55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

2 Jul 1966

30 Jun 1971

55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

1 Oct 1982

1 Oct 1985

93rd Bomb Wing

1 Oct 1985

15 Jul 1988

95th Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1964

25 Jun 1966

96th Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1973

15 Jul 1988

99th Strategic Weapons Wing

10 Aug 1989

31 Jul 1990

100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

25 Jun 1966

30 Jun 1971

100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

1 Aug 1972

30 Sep 1976

303rd Bomb Wing

15 Mar 1960

15 Jun 1964

308th Strategic Missile Wing

30 Jun 1971

1 Apr 1973

320th Bomb Wing

1 Dec 1952

15 Sep 1960

320th Bomb Wing

23 Jan 1987

15 Jul 1988

381st Strategic Missile Wing

30 Jun 1971

1 Jul 1973

384tgh Air Refueling Wing

1 Dec 1972

1 Jul 1973

390th Strategic Missile Wing

1 Jan 1962

31 Jul 1984

4080th Strategic Wing

12 Jul 1963

25 Jun 1966

Attached Units

330th Bomb Wing

1 May 1951

16 Jun 1951