History
The command was activated on 15 January 1958 by absorbing the personnel and equipment of the 5th Air Division, which was inactivated the same day.
The 4310 AD supervised the Strategic Air Command's Reflex forces in Morocco. The Reflex force concept involved deploying B-47 Stratojet medium bombardment aircraft non-stop from the United States to forward sites, with one air refueling. These aircraft remained on alert status for a specified number of days, then redeployed back to the United States. The division commander also acted as a representative to the Moroccan Liaison office for the Commander, Sixteenth Air Force. support for occasional unscheduled aerial operations.
The division never had any assigned units, such as wings, only individual aircraft that were assigned to wings back in the United States. The division commander also acted as a representative to the Moroccan Liaison Office for the Commander, Sixteenth Air Force.
The unit was inactivated as part of SAC's closure of its Morocco bases.
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