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315th Air Division
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<p>The 315th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force formation. Originally designated the 315th Bombardment Wing, it was activated in July 1944 at Peterson Field, Colorado as a command organization for four very heavy <a href="/facts/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress/79pXKprr">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a> bombardment groups. It supervised the <a href="/facts/16th_Bombardment_Group/tTfUhMzv">16th</a>, <a href="/facts/331st_Air_Expeditionary_Group/IMvappQ5">331st</a>, <a href="/facts/501st_Combat_Support_Wing/4zmkxKMg">501st</a> and <a href="/facts/502nd_Bombardment_Group/qgmmFLev">502nd Bombardment Groups</a> in the Mariana Islands during the last stages of the Second World War. Its last assignment was with <a href="/facts/Pacific_Air_Forces/4dqjjGyI">Pacific Air Forces</a>, based at <a href="/facts/Tachikawa_Air_Base/WIgqzXKo">Tachikawa Air Base</a>, Japan, where the division was inactivated in April 1969. </p>