307th Air Division

The 307th Air Division (307th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.

Lineage

 * Established as 307 Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 7 December 1943
 * Activated on 15 January 1944
 * Disestablished on 15 June 1944


 * Reestablished as 307 Bombardment Wing, Heavy, 10 February 1947
 * Redesignated: 307 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, 10 February 1947
 * Activated in the Reserve on 31 March 1947
 * Redesignated 307 Air Division, Bombardment , 16 April 1948
 * Inactivated on 27 June 1949

Assignments

 * Fifteenth Air Force, 15 January-15 June 1944
 * Continental Air Command
 * Tenth Air Force, 31 March 1947
 * Fourteenth Air Force, 1 July 1948
 * Twelfth Air Force, 12 January-27 June 1949.

Stations

 * Bari, Italy, 15 January-15 June 1944
 * New Orleans, Louisiana, 31 March 1947-27 June 1949.

Components
Groups
 * 392 Bombardment: 30 July 1947-27 June 1949
 * 482 Bombardment: c. July 1948-27 June 1949.

Aircraft

 * B-29 Superfortress, 1947-1949.

Operational history
Activated at Bari, Italy, in January 1944, the 307th had no combat components assigned and served as a source of personnel for Headquarters, Fifteenth Air Force. The wing was disestablished six months later on 15 June 1944.

While active in the Reserve, March 1947-June 1949, the 307th was redesignated as a division.