816th Strategic Aerospace Division
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.
Boeing KC-135 refueling a Boeing B-52
Image: 816thsad emblem
577th Strategic Missile Squadron SM-65 Atlas at Willow OK site
The Second Air Force is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended the Northwestern United States and Upper Great Plains regions and during the Cold War, was Strategic Air Command unit with strategic bombers and missiles. Elements of Second Air Force engaged in combat operations during the Korean War; Vietnam War, as well as Operation Desert Storm.
Patch of Second Air Force during World War II
Image: Brig Gen John C. Griffith
Image: Maj Gen Henry M. Hobgood
Image: Maj Gen Lance W. Lord