Division C-130 Hercules deployed to Cam Ranh AB, Vietnam[a]
Active
1944–1950, 1951–1969
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Command of airlift forces
Engagements
Pacific Theater of Operations Korean War
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
315th Air Division emblem[b][1]
315th Bombardment Wing emblem[c][2]
Military unit
The 315th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force formation. Originally designated the 315th Bombardment Wing, it was activated in July 1944 at Peterson Field, Colorado as a command organization for four very heavy Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment groups. It supervised the 16th, 331st, 501st and 502nd Bombardment Groups in the Mariana Islands during the last stages of the Second World War. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces, based at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, where the division was inactivated in April 1969.
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^"Factsheet 315 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 422–424
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