Titan II in 1987, the 19th Air Division was itself inactivated in September 1988. Lineage Constituted as the 19th Composite Wing on 8 May 1929 Activated on 1 April 1931 Redesignated 19th Wing on 14 July 1937 Redesignated 19th Bombardment Wing on 19 October 1940 Inactivated on 25 October 1941 Activated on 24 July 1942 Redesignated IX Bomber Command on 17 November 1942 Redesignated 9th Bombardment Division, Medium on 30 August 1944 Redesignated 9th Air Division on 10 May 1945 Inactivated on 20 November 1945 Activated in the Reserve on 20 December 1946 Redesignated 19th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 31 December 1946 Redesignated 19th Air Division, Bombardment on 16 April 1948 Inactivated on 27 June 1949 Redesignated 19th Air Division on 1 February 1951 Organized on 16 February 1951 Discontinued on 16 June 1952 Activated on 16 June 1952 Inactivated on 30 September 1988 Assignments Second Corps Area, 1 April 1931 Panama Canal Department, c. 25 January 1933 – 25 October 1941 Ninth Air Force, 24 July 1942 – 20 November 1945 Attached to: III Fighter Command, 24 July-c. 28 September 1942 Fourteenth Air Force, 20 December 1946 Ninth Air Force, 22 December 1948 Fourteenth Air Force, 1 February – 27 June 1949 Eighth Air Force, 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952 Eighth Air Force, 16 June 1952 Second Air Force, 1 July 1955 Eighth Air Force, 1 January 1975 – 30 September 1988 Components Wings 2d Bombardment Wing: 1 September 1964 – 1 July 1965; 2 July 1969 – 1 December 1982 7th Bombardment Wing: 16 February 1951 – 13 June 1988 (detached 10 July – 13 September 1955) 11th Bombardment Wing (later 11th Strategic Aerospace Wing, 11th Air Refueling Wing): 16 February 1951 – 13 December 1957 (detached 4 May – 2 July 1955); 2 July 1966 – 25 March 1969 43d Bombardment Wing: 15 March 1960 – 1 September 1964 (detached 19–31 August 1964) 44th Bombardment Wing (later 99th Combat Bombardment Wing: c. 16 October 1943 – 16 September 1945 96th Strategic Aerospace Wing (later 96th Bombardment Wing): 2 July 1966 – 1 July 1973 97th Bombardment Wing: 12 November 1943 – 11 October 1945 98th Bombardment Wing (Formerly 3d Bombardment Wing): 16 October 1943 – 27 November 1945 305th Bombardment Wing: 1 January 1961 – 1 September 1964 308th Strategic Missile Wing: 1 December 1982 – 18 August 1987 340th Bombardment Wing (later 340th