816th Strategic Aerospace Division

816th Strategic Aerospace Division
Boeing KC-135 refueling a Boeing B-52
Active	1958–1965
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command of strategic strike forces
Commanders
1 July 1958 – 1 September 1959	Brigadier General John S. Samuel
1 September 1959 – 7 September 1961	Brigadier General Howard W. Moore
7 September 1961 – 19 August 1964	Major General William B. Campbell
19 August 1964 – 1 July 1965	Brigadier General Everett W. Holstrom
Insignia
816th Strategic Aerospace Division emblem[a][1]

The 816th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1965.

The division was activated in 1958 as the 816th Air Division, an operational headquarters for three dispersed wings flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from bases in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1961 it added a squadron of SM-65 Atlas missiles and a year later was renamed the 816th Strategic Aerospace Division to reflect its control of missile and bomber forces. The division continued this role until inactivation in 1965, when Strategic Air Command realigned its command structure.

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