1st Strategic Aerospace Division

• Established as the 1st Bombardment Division on August 30, 1943 : Activated on September 13, 1943 : Redesignated 1st Air Division on December 19, 1944 : Inactivated on October 31, 1945 • Activated on June 7, 1946 : Inactivated on December 1, 1948 : Activated on July 1, 1954 : Inactivated on April 1, 1955 • Redesignated 1st Air Division (Meteorological Survey) on April 12, 1955 : Activated on April 15, 1955 : Inactivated on May 20, 1956 • Redesignated 1st Missile Division on March 18, 1957 : Activated on April 15, 1957 • Redesignated 1st Strategic Aerospace Division on July 21, 1961 : Redesignated Strategic Missile Center on July 31, 1990 : Inactivated on September 1, 1991 ==Assignments==

• VIII Bomber Command (later, Eighth Air Force), September 13, 1943 • VIII Fighter Command, July 16 – October 31, 1945 • Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army (later Far East Air Forces), June 7, 1946 – December 1, 1948 • Eighth Air Force, July 1, 1954 – April 1, 1955 • Strategic Air Command, April 15, 1955 – May 20, 1956 • Air Research and Development Command, April 15, 1957 • Strategic Air Command, January 1, 1958 • Fifteenth Air Force, September 1, 1988 – September 1, 1991 ==Stations==

• Brampton Grange, United Kingdom, September 13, 1943 • RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, September 16 – October 31, 1945 • Kadena (later Kadena Army Air Base, Kadena Air Force Base), Okinawa, June 7, 1946 – December 1, 1948 • Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, July 1, 1954 – April 1, 1955 • Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, April 15, 1955 – May 20, 1956 • Inglewood, CA, April 15, 1957 • Cooke Air Force Base (later Vandenberg Air Force Base), California, July 16, 1957 – September 1, 1991 ==Components==

Divisions • 301st Fighter Division (Provisional): August 18 – September 16, 1948 (not operational entire period) • 316th Air Division: See 316th Bombardment Wing below • Others, including 6 Troop Carrier: attached Jun 10, 1946-c. Apr 1947. 25 Liaison: Mar 30-Sep 15, 1947. 36 Bombardment: 21 Nov 1943-27 Feb 1944 (detached 4 Dec 1943-27 Feb 1944); Jan 1-Aug 12, 1945; Sep 1-Oct 1945. 392 Missile Training: attached Apr 6-Jun 30, 1959, assigned 1 Jul 1959-18 Oct 1961; assigned 20 Dec 1961-1 Feb 1963. 394 Missile Training (later, 394 Strategic Missile; 394 ICBM Test Maintenance): attached Apr 6-Dec 15, 1958; assigned 1 Jul 1960-18 Oct 1961; assigned 20 Dec 1961-1 Sep 1991. 395 Missile Training (later 395 Strategic Missile): attached Apr 6-Jun 30, 1959, assigned 1 Jul 1959-18 Oct 1961; assigned 20 Dec 1961-31 Dec 1969. 406 Bombardment: c. 11 Nov 1943-26 Feb 1944 (detached 4 Dec 1943-21 Feb 1944); 30 Dec 1944-5 Aug 1945. 576 Strategic Missile: attached Apr 6-Jun 30, 1959, assigned 1 Jul 1959-18 Oct 1961; assigned 20 Dec 1961-2 Apr 1966. 6652 Bombardment: Jul 13-Aug 25, 1945; Sep 1-Oct 12, 1945. 857 Bombardment: attached Mar 10-c. Aug 1945. == Aircraft and missiles operated==

From ;Aircraft • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945 • Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 • North American P-51 Mustang, 1944–1945 • Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1946–1948 • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944, 1946–1948 • Northrop P-61 Black Widow, 1946–1948 • Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1947–1948 • B/ERB-17, 1946–1948 • B-25, 1946 • B-29/F-13, 1946–1947 • Beechcrat C-45 Expeditor, 1946 • Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1946–1947 • L-4, 1946 • L-5, 1946–1948 • OA-10, 1946–1947 • R-6, 1946 • B/FB-17, 1948 • RB-29, 1948 • F-2, 1948 • C-119, 1955–1956 ;Missile systems • PGM-17 Thor, 1958–1962 • SM-65 Atlas, 1958–1966 • PGM-19 Jupiter, 1958–1962 • SM-68 Titan, 1960–1969 • Minuteman I, 1961–1975 • LGM-25C Titan II, 1962–1977 • Minuteman II, 1966 • Minuteman III, 1971–1991. ==See also==