Strategic Air Command

822nd Air Division
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   Activated in Jan 1959, the 822nd Air Division assured the manning, training, and equipping of assigned units to conduct long-range bombardment missions. The division conducted numerous staff assistance visits and monitored tactical exercises such as Operation Spruce Up and Chrome Dome. During the Cuban Missile crisis in Nov 1962, the division and its subordinate units assumed an increased alert posture

  822nd Air Division
Activated on: 1 Jan 1959, at Turner AFB, GA.  Assigned to Eighth Air Force.
Discontinued on: 2 Sep 1966.

Assigned Units

39th Bomb Wing

1 Feb 1963

25 Jun 1965

68th Bomb Wing

15 Apr 1963

1 Jul 1964

68th Bomb Wing

1 Jul 1965

2 Aug 1966

465th Bomb Wing

1 Feb 1963

2 Sep 1966

484th Bomb Wing

1 Feb 1963

2 Sep 1966

4135th Strategic Wing

1 Jan 1959

1 Feb 1963

4137th Strategic Wing

1 Jul 1959

1 Feb 1963

4138th Strategic Wing

1 Jan 1959

1 Feb 1963

4241st Strategic Wing

1 Jan 1959

15 Apr 1963

Attached Units

465th Bomb Wing

10 Aug 1966

1 Sep 1966