Division, 1 February 1963 57th Air Division, 2 July 1966 817th Air Division, 2 September 1966 45th Air Division, 2 July 1969 40th Air Division, 30 June 1971 45th Air Division, 1 July 1973 40th Air Division, 1 December 1982 Eighth Air Force, 8 June 1988 – 30 September 1995 Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate any time after September 2001 Attached to: United States Central Command Air Forces, 2002–2005 Components Groups 416th Combat Support Group (later 416th Support Group), 1 July 1970 – 30 September 1995 416th Logistics Group, 1 September 1991 – 30 September 1995 416th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 – 30 September 1995 Operational Squadrons 41st Air Refueling Squadron: 1 February 1963 – 1 September 1991 509th Air Refueling Squadron: 30 June 1990 – 1 September 1991 668th Bombardment Squadron: 5 February 1943 – 24 October 1945; 1 February 1963 – 1 September 1991 669th Bombardment Squadron: 5 February 1943 – 24 October 1945 670th Bombardment Squadron: 5 February 1943 – 24 October 1945 671st Bombardment Squadron: 5 February 1943 – 24 October 1945 Support Squadrons 56th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, 1 February 1963 – 1 October 1972 416th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron, 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1974 416th Armament & Electronics Maintenance Squadron (later 416th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, 416th Intermediate Level Maintenance Squadron), 1 February 1963 – 1 September 1991 416th Combat Defense Squadron (later 416th Security Police Squadron), 1 February 1963 – 1 July 1970 416th Field Maintenance Squadron, 1 February 1963 – 1 September 1991 416th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, 1 October 1972 – 1 September 1991 416th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, 1 February 1963 – 1 September 1991 Detachments Detachment 1 Otis AFB Massachusetts 2 Alert KC-135A's (Shared with Detachment), 99th Bombardment Wing from Westover AFB, Massachusetts also with 2 Alert KC-135A's, 2 April 1969 – 31 December 1971 Detachment Minot AFB, North Dakota 2 Alert B-52G's & 2 KC-135A's (Shared with a Detachment 380th Bombardment Wing from Plattsburgh AFB, New York with 2 Alert KC-135A's Relocated after April 1972 but prior to October 1973 Attached to the 5th Bombardment Wing Stations Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 5 February 1943 Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana, 4 June 1943 Laurel Army Airfield, Mississippi, November 1943 – 1 January 1944 RAF Wethersfield (AAF-170), England, 1 February 1944 Melun/Villaroche Airfield (A-55), France, 23 September 1944 Laon/Athies Airfield (A-69), France, ca. 12 February 1945 Cormeilles en