- 38th Air Division (United States)
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caption= 38th Air Division emblem
dates=10 October 1951 –1 November 1959
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The 38th began in October 1951 to develop and prepare policies and procedures pertaining to bombardment, air and ground training, operations, flying safety, and security. It also monitored and coordinated the manning, training, equipping and operational readiness of assigned units for the primary purpose of conducting strategic air warfare on a global scale. Its subordinate units participated in numerous training missions, which included simulated radar bombing and polar grid navigation, plus the
Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition. During the 1950s, the division participated in and supported exercises such as Operation War Dance, Grey Warrior and Dark Night, and flew numerous air refueling sorties.Background of name
Mission
Operations
Lineage and honors
Established as 38 Air Division, and organized, on
10 October 1951 .Discontinued on16 June 1952 .Activated on
16 June 1952 .Inactivated on1 November 1959 .Service streamers
This unit earned the following organizational service streamers:
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This unit earned the following organizational campaign streamers:
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Decorations
This unit earned the following unit decorations:
* Air Force Outstanding Unit Award:
1 November 1956 –1 April 1957 .Awards
Emblem
On a shield azure (Brittany blue), a semee of stars argent (white, outlined stone blue), over all an American bald eagle, volant recursant descendant, in pale, wings overture, all proper (head and tail white, body feathers shades of brown, beak and eyeball yellow, outlined stone blue). (Approved
16 August 1956 )Assignments
Second Air Force ,10 October 1951 –16 June 1952 .Second Air Force,
16 June 1952 ;Eighth Air Force ,1 January 1959 –1 November 1959 .Components
Wings:
* 2 Bombardment:10 October 1951 –16 June 1952 ;16 June 1952 –1 November 1959 .
* 308 Bombardment:10 October 1951 –16 June 1952 (detached10 October 1951 –7 April 1952 );16 June 1952 –15 July 1959 (detached21 August 1956 –c.26 October 1956 ).Squadron:
* 303 Air Refueling:1 January 1959 –1 October 1959 .Stations
Hunter Air Force Base (currently,
Hunter Army Airfield ), Georgia,10 October 1951 –16 June 1952 .Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia,
16 June 1952 –1 November 1959 .Aircraft / Missiles / Space vehicles
KB-29 Superfortress, 1951–1952;
B-50 Superfortress , 1951–1952.KB-29 Superfortress, 1952–1953;B-50 Superfortress, 1952–1953;
KC-97 Stratotanker , 1953–1959;B-47 Stratojet , 1954–1959.Commanders
*Brigadier General F. E. Glantzberg,
18 October 1951 ;
*Brigadier General Sydney D. Grubbs Jr.,27 February 1952 –16 June 1952 .*Brigadier General Sydney D. Grubbs Jr.,
16 June 1952 ;
*Brigadier GeneralJoseph J. Nazzaro ,26 January 1953 ;
*Colonel John F. Batjer,20 May 1955 ;
*Brigadier General Charles B. Dougher,15 August 1955 ;
*Brigadier General John E. Dougherty,23 June 1958 ;
*Colonel William B. Kieffer,4 September 1959 –1 November 1959 .ee also
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Second Air Force
*Eighth Air Force References
External links
* [http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/rso/airdivision_pages/0038ad.asp Air Force Historical Research Agency: 38th Air Division]
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