The 801st Air Division (802st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...

, assigned to Eighth Air Force

Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....

, being stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio

Ohio

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. It was inactivated on March 15, 1965.

Activated in 1952 as an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command, the 801st AD assumed command of the 26th and 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wings at Lockbourne AFB. The division trained and maintained a force capable of conducting worldwide reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures operations. It also trained subordinate units in air to air refueling techniques and strategic bombing with the addition of a B-47 Stratojet

B-47 Stratojet

The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union...

 wing in 1957.

The 801st participated in numerous tactical exercises such as Big Blast, Deep River, Sky Shield, and Purple Mood. The division was inactivated as part of the phaseout of SAC operations at Lockbourne AFB and the retirement of the B-47. it's assigned wings reassigned to other commands.

Lineage

• Established as 801st Air Division on 9 May 1952

Activated on 28 May 1952

Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 March 1965

Assignments

• Second Air Force
  Second Air Force
  The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
  
  , 28 May 1952
• Eighth Air Force
  Eighth Air Force
  The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
  
  , 1 July 1955 – 15 March 1965.

Components

Wings

• 26 Strategic Reconnaissance
  26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
  The 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe, being stationed at Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1991.-History:...
  
   (Lockborne AFB)

28 May 1952 – 1 July 1958

• 70 Strategic Reconnaissance
  70th Intelligence Wing
  The 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency. It is stationed at Fort George G...
  
   (Little Rock AFB)

attached 24 January – c. 19 October 1955

• 91 Strategic Reconnaissance (Lockborne AFB)

28 May 1952 – 8 November 1957

• 301 Bombardment (later, 301 Air Refueling)
  301st Air Refueling Wing
  The 301st Air Refueling Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force being last assigned to the Strategic Air Command at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992....
  
   (Lockborne AFB)

15 April 1958 – 15 March 1965

• 376 Bombardment
  376th Air Expeditionary Wing
  The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit. It is currently stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic...
  
   (Lockborne AFB)

3 December 1957 – 15 March 1965.

Squadrons

• 91 Air Refueling: 8 November – 1 December 1957
• 100 Air Refueling: 23 May – 24 November 1953
• 305 Air Refueling: 1 July 1964 – 15 March 1965
• 4025 Strategic Reconnaissance: 8 June 1955 – 1 May 1956
• 4363 Support (later, 4363 Post Attack Command Control): 20 July 1962 – 15 March 1965.

Aircraft and Missiles

• B-47 Stratojet
  B-47 Stratojet
  The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union...
  
  , 1953 – 1954 1958 – 1964
• KC-97 Stratotanker
  KC-97 Stratotanker
  The Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker was a United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.-Design and development:...
  
  , 1953 – 1963
• RB-47, 1953 – 1957

EB-47, 1957 – 1965

E-47, 1958 – 1961

• KC-135 Stratotanker
  KC-135 Stratotanker
  The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling military aircraft. It and the Boeing 707 airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. The KC-135 was the US Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratotanker...
  
  , 1963 – 1965

EC-135, 1964 – 1965.

See also

• List of United States Air Force air divisions