831st Air Division

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dates= 1957-1991
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battle_honours=The 831st Air Division (831st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at George Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 31 March 1991.

History

Lineage

* Established as 831 Air Division on 26 Sep 1957: Activated on 8 Oct 1957: Inactivated on 20 Apr 1971
* Activated on 1 Dec 1980: Inactivated on 31 Mar 1991.

Assignments

* Tactical Air Command: Eighteenth Air Force, 8 Oct 1957: Twelfth Air Force, :: 1 Jan 1958-20 Apr 1971:: 1 Dec 1980-31 Mar 1991

Stations

* George AFB, California: 8 Oct 1957-20 Apr 1971: 1 Dec 1980-31 Mar 1991

Components

Wings
* 8 Tactical Fighter (George AFB): 10 Jul 1964-8 Dec 1965
* 31 Tactical Fighter (George AFB): 15 Mar 1959-1 Jun 1962
* 32 Tactical Fighter (George AFB): 1 Apr-25 Jul 1964
* 35 Tactical Fighter (later, 35 Tactical Training; 35 Tactical Fighter) (George AFB): 1 Dec 1980-31 Mar 1991
* 37 Tactical Fighter (George AFB): 30 Mar 1981-5 Oct 1989
* 67 Tactical Reconnaissance (Mountain Home AFB): 15 Apr 1966-20 Apr 1971
* 123 Tactical Reconnaissance Kentucky ANG (Louiville IAP): 26 Jan 1968-9 Jun 1969
* 355 Tactical Fighter (George AFB): 8 Jul 1962-21 Jul 1964
* 413 Fighter-Day (later, 413 Tactical Fighter) (George AFB): 8 Oct 1957-20 Apr 1971
* 450 Tactical Fighter (Foster AFB): attached 28 Aug-4 Sep 1958
* 479 Fighter-Day (later, 479 Tactical Fighter) (George AFB): 8 Oct 1957-20 Apr 1971.

Aircraft

* F-100 Super Sabre, 1957-1962
* F-104 Starfighter, 1958-1967
* F-105 Thunderchief, 1962-1964
* F-4 Phantom II, 1964-1971, 1980-1991
* RF-4 Phantom II, 1966-1971
* RF-101 Voodoo, 1968-1969

Operational History

The 831st Air Division provided intermediate level command supervision between tactical units assigned to the division and higher echelons. Early in 1965, the division assumed an advisory role with two Air Force Reserve units, the 349th Troop Carrier Wing and the 452d Troop Carrier Wing.

Besides combat readiness, the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing trained pilots for duty in Southeast Asia until 1971. In Dec 1980, the division regained its world wide deployment responsibility and trained Wild Weasel aircrews and aircraft used to destroy enemy controlled surface-to-air missile sites.

In Aug 1990, the 831st deployed subordinate unit personnel and aircraft to Southwest Asia in support of Desert Shield and later, Desert Storm.

The unit was inactivated with the closure of George AFB in March 1991.

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