1 July 1955 Attached to: 7th Air Division, 1 July, – 1 October 1957 Fifteenth Air Force 802d Air Division, 1 January 1959 Second Air Force 21st Air Division, June 120, 1960 – 1 September 1964 United States Air Forces in Europe, 1 April 1966 – 4 May 1992 United States Central Command Air Forces, 2001–TBD Bases stationed Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1 April 1941 Howard Field, Canal Zone, 16 June 1942 Albrook Field, Canal Zone, 16 September 1942 Howard Field, Canal Zone, 3–15 June 1943 Pratt AAF, Kansas, 1 July 1943 – 12 March 1944 Chakulia AB, India, 2 April 1944 – 25 February 1945 Hsinching Airfield (A-1), China designated as forward staging base. West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 4 April – 7 November 1945 March Field, California, 27 November 1945 Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 8 May – 1 October 1946 Smoky Hill (later, Schilling) AFB, Kansas, 28 May 1952 Forbes AFB, Kansas, 20 June 1960 – 1 September 1964 Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean (since 2001) Components Second World War 25th Bombardment Squadron: 12 May 1943 – 1 October 1946; 28 May 1952 – 1 September 1964 (not operational, 28 May 1952 – c. 3 April 1953 and 15 August – 1 September 1964) 29th Bombardment Squadron: 1 April 1941 – 12 May 1943 44th Bombardment Squadron: 1 April 1941 – 1 October 1946; 28 May 1952 – 1 September 1964 (not operational, 28 May 1952 – 31 May 1953 and 15 August-1 September 1964) 45th Bombardment Squadron: 1 April 1941 – 1 October 1946; 28 May 1952 – 1 September 1964 (not operational, 28 May 1952 – 30 September 1953 and 15 August-1 September 1964) 74th Bombardment Squadron: 9 August 1942 – 12 May 1943 343d Bombardment Squadron: 10 November 1945 – 27 March 1946 345th Bombardment Squadron: 10 November 1945 – 27 March 1946 5th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) (later 395th Bombardment Squadron): 25 February-9 August 1942; 12 May 1943 – 20 October 1944 1st Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 2d Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 3d Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 4th Bombardment Maintenance Squadron 11th Photographic Laboratory Squadron United States Air Force 40th Air Refueling Squadron: 8 July 1952 – 1 June 1960 (not operational, 8 July-7 September 1952; detached 8 September 1952 – 30 April 1953, 1–10 March 1954, 4 May – 27 June 1954, 25 June-5 September 1956, c. 1 July—c. 1 October 1957, c. 1 October 1958 – 10 January