3rd Air Division

3rd Air Division
3rd Air Division emblem
Active30 August 1943 – 21 November 1945
23 August 1948 – 1 May 1951
8 October 1953 – 1 March 1954
8 June 1954 – 1 April 1970
1 January 1975 – 1 April 1992
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
Garrison/HQsee "Stations" section below
Equipmentsee "Aircraft" section below
Engagements
  
  • World War II
European Campaign (1942–1945)
  • Vietnam Service (1965–1993)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major General Earle E. Partridge

The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 April 1992.

The 3rd Air Division was created in England during World War II as the 3rd Bombardment Division, an upper command echelon of the Eighth Air Force. With five combat bomb wings and 14 heavy bomber groups assigned, it was one of the two largest U.S. air combat organizations during World War II.