The 18^th Air Division, was reactivated on 1 Jul 1959, the 18^th assured that assigned wings were organized, manned, trained, and equipped to conduct long-range bombardment operations using either nuclear or conventional weapons. The division also developed and maintained a strategic missile operational capability. Between 1965 and 1968 the 18^th subordinate units’ loaned aircraft and aircrews to SAC organizations in Southeast Asia for combat operations. The division was inactivated on 2 Jul 1968.

6^th Strategic Wing

25 Mar 1967

2 Jul 1968

91^st Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1963

1 Sep 1964

92^nd Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1959

2 Jul 1968

320^th Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1965

2 Jul 1966

341^st Strategic Missile Wing

2 Jul 1966

2 Jul 1968

462^nd Strategic Aerospace Wing

1 Feb 1963

25 Jun 1966

4157^th Strategic Wing

1 Jul 1965

25 Mar 1967

4158^th Strategic Wing

1 Jul 1965

25 Jun 1966

4170^th Strategic Wing

1 Jul 1959

1 Feb 1963