840th Air Division
840th Air Division emblem
Active	14 September 1964–24 December 1969
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Lockbourne Air Force Base

The 840th Air Division (840 AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Tactical Air Command, assigned to Ninth Air Force, being stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 24 Dec 1969.

The unit was an intermediate command echelon for the Air Force Reserve, with its units being allocated to Tactical Air Command if activated. It provided command and control for assigned reserve troop carrier wings and provided staff and advisory services to assigned unit to ensure operational capability.

Between 1966 and 1969, subordinate units, participated in worldwide tactical airlift operations, humanitarian missions, tactical exercises, and maneuvers including joint airborne training. During 1965-1969, the division provided C-130 Hercules aircraft replacement training support for Pacific Air Forces and personnel activated as a result of the Vietnam War.

The 840 AD was inactivated in 1969 as a result of budget reductions, its units being consolidated directly into Ninth Air Force.

• Established as 840 Air Division, and activated, on 14 Sep 1964

Organized on 1 Oct 1964

Inactivated on 24 Dec 1969.

• Tactical Air Command, 14 Sep 1964
• Ninth Air Force, 1 Oct 1964-24 Dec 1969.

Wings

• 316 Troop Carrier (later, 316 Tactical Airlift): 25 Nov 1965-24 Dec 1969
• 317 Troop Carrier (later, 317 Tactical Airlift): 1 Oct 1964-24 Dec 1969
• 463 Troop Carrier: 9 Nov 1964-23 Nov 1965.

Squadron

• 772 Troop Carrier: 23 Nov 1965-7 Feb 1966.

• Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, 1 Oct 1964-24 Dec 1969

• C-130 Hercules, 1964-1969
• C-123 Provider, 1969.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 840th Air Division Factsheet

v t e Tactical Air Command (TAC)
Air Forces	First Ninth Twelfth Eighteenth Nineteenth
Air Divisions	20th (ADTAC) 21st (ADTAC) 23d (ADTAC) 24th (ADTAC) 25th (ADTAC) 26th (ADTAC) 28th (ADTAC) 831st 832d 833d 834th 835th 836th 837th 838th 839th 840th
Named units	Air Forces Panama Air Forces Iceland Air Defense, Tactical Air Command
Wings	TFW 1st 4th 12th 15th 20th 23d 27th 32d 33d 37th 50th 56th 312th 323d 347th 354th 355th Other 1st SOW 57th FWW 63d TAW 64th TAW 67th TRW 75th TRW 85th TFTW 317th TAW 363d TRW 405th TFTW 461st TBW 4505th ARW
Former bases	Active (MAJCOM) Altus (AETC) Brooks (AFMC) Cannon (AFSOC) Charleston (AMC) Creech (ACC) Davis–Monthan (ACC) Dover (AMC) Dyess (ACC) Eglin (AFMC) Hill (AMFC) Holloman (ACC) Hurlburt Field (AFSOC) Langley (ACC) Little Rock (AETC) Luke (AETC) MacDill (AMC) McChord (AMC) McConnell (AMC) Moody (ACC) Mountain Home (ACC) Nellis (ACC) Pope (AMC) Seymour Johnson (ACC) Shaw (ACC) Tonopah (ACC) Tyndall (AETC) Whiteman (ACC) Inactive Bergstrom Blythville Donaldson England Forbes George Howard Grenier Myrtle Beach Orlando Sewart Turner Williams Inactive, but with a military presence Bunker Hill Biggs Dow Godman Homestead Lockbourne March Otis
Aircraft	A-1 A-7 A-10 A-37 AC-47 AC-119 AC-130 B-26 B-57 B-66 C-7 C-47 C-82 C-119 C-123 C-130 E-3 E-8 EF-111 EC-135 F-4 F-5 F-15 F-16 F-47 F-51 F-80 F-82 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-100 F-101 F-102 F-104 F-105 F-106 F-111 F-117 H-1 H-5 H-6 H-19 H-43 H-60 H-53 KB-29 KB-50 KC-97 O-1 O-2 OH-23 OV-10 P-40 P-38 R-4 S-62 T-6 T-28 T-29 T-33 T-38