Air Force: 6 December 1945 – 1 March 1955 Air Divisions 1st Bombardment Division (later: 1st Air Division): 7 June 1946 – 1 December 1948 2d Air Division: 10 September – 10 October 1962; 8 July 1965 – 1 April 1966 17th Air Division. 17 1 July 1975 – 1 January 1976 85th Air Division: 11 May 1945 – 1 September 1945 91st Air Division: 8 August 1944 – 27 January 1946 314th Air Division: 18 May 1951 – 1 March 1952 315th Air Division: 25 January 1951 – 15 April 1969 326th Air Division: 1 July 1957 – 15 February 1989 327th Air Division: 26 January – 8 February 1966 Wings 8th Tactical Fighter Wing: 18 June – 8 July 1964 18th Fighter Wing: 1 December 1948 – 16 May 1949 19th Bombardment Wing: 16 May – 17 October 1949 27th Fighter-Escort Wing: attached, 19–29 November 1950 and 6–13 October 1952 35th Tactical Fighter Wing: 14 March – 8 April 1966 322d Troop Carrier Wing: 30 December 1944 – 15 February 1946 Stations Brisbane, Australia, 3 August 1944 Hollandia, New Guinea, 16 September 1944 Leyte, Philippines, 7 February 1945 Tolosa, Leyte, Philippines, 17 February 1945 Fort William McKinley, Leyte, Philippines, 20 March 1945 Tokyo, Japan, 17 May 1946 Fuchu AS, Japan, 13 May 1956 Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 30 June 1957 – Present Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan, 8 January 1954 – April 1979 Commanders, Pacific Air Forces Component units Pacific Air Forces comprises the following wings and major units. Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii) 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Kanoya Air Field, Japan, established October 2022 (UAVs). Fifth Air Force The Fifth Air Force is responsible for USAF operations in Japan. Its role is to defend Japan, respond to regional events, and enhance the U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement alliance between the U.S. and Japan. Permanent units Headquarters Fifth Air Force (Yokota Air Base, Japan) 18th Wing (Kadena Air Base, Japan) – E-3B/C Sentry, HH-60G Pave Hawk, F-15C/D Eagle, E-8C J-STARS and KC-135R Stratotanker 35th Fighter Wing (Misawa Air Base, Japan) – F-16CJ/DJ Fighting Falcon 374th Airlift Wing (Yokota Air Base) – C-12J Huron, C-130J Hercules and UH-1N Iroquois 605th Air Operations Group (Yokota Air Base) Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) The Seventh Air Force contributes to maintaining the armistice between South Korea and North Korea. Permanent units Headquarters Seventh Air Force