The 836th Air Division was first organized in October 1957 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia as the command headquarters for the 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing, equipped with North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft, and the newly activated 345th Bombardment Wing flying Martin B-57 Canberras, both of which were stationed at Langley.
The 405th Wing also had the 429th Air Refueling Squadron with Boeing KB-50 Superfortresses attached to it.

In July 1958, the 405th Wing at Langley was inactivated.
Although consideration had also been given in 1958 to inactivating the 345th Wing, international conditions delayed this action.
 In response to the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, Tactical Air Command deployed Composite Air Strike Force Bravo to Adana Air Base, Turkey.
 The 836th was tasked to provide one squadron of twelve B-57s to support this force.
 The B-57s, drawn from the 345th Wing's 498th Bombardment Squadron, were the first strike aircraft of the force to depart for Adana.
Although the bombers returned to Langley in the fall, the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958 called for a detachment of Canberras to deploy to Okinawa.
 Once these planes had returned to Langley, the 345th began to prepare for inactivation in June 1959, leaving the division with one wing and one group assigned.

At nearly the same time the 405th Wing inactivated, TAC formed the 4505th Air Refueling Wing at Langley as a single headquarters for its air refueling squadrons, which were located on several bases.
 The wing's squadrons flew Boeing KB-50J and KB-50H Stratrfotresses, which added two jet engines to the B-50s original four reciprocating engines, and were designed to refuel three tactical aircraft at the same time.
The 4505th also had a secondary mission of conducting antisubmarine warfare.
Although assigned directly to TAC headquarters, the wing was attached to the division in September 1958, then assigned in November and the division once again commanded two wings at Langley.
 One month after the 4505th Wing was added to the division's strength, the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group was added to the division.
 The 4440th supervised delivery of aircraft from manufacturers and modification centers to operational units after TAC took over the delivery mission from the 1708th Ferrying Wing of Military Air Transport Service.
Tankers from the 4505th provided air refueling support for the delivery missions of the 4440th.

When the division inactivated in July 1961, the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group reported directly to TAC, while the 4505th Air Refueling Wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force.
The 836th Air Division was first organized in October 1957 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia as the command headquarters for the 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing, equipped with North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft, and the newly activated 345th Bombardment Wing flying Martin B-57 Canberras, both of which were stationed at Langley. The 405th Wing also had the 429th Air Refueling Squadron with Boeing KB-50 Superfortresses attached to it.
In July 1958, the 405th Wing at Langley was inactivated. Although consideration had also been given in 1958 to inactivating the 345th Wing, international conditions delayed this action.  In response to the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, Tactical Air Command deployed Composite Air Strike Force Bravo to Adana Air Base, Turkey.  The 836th was tasked to provide one squadron of twelve B-57s to support this force.  The B-57s, drawn from the 345th Wing's 498th Bombardment Squadron, were the first strike aircraft of the force to depart for Adana. Although the bombers returned to Langley in the fall, the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958 called for a detachment of Canberras to deploy to Okinawa.  Once these planes had returned to Langley, the 345th began to prepare for inactivation in June 1959, leaving the division with one wing and one group assigned.
At nearly the same time the 405th Wing inactivated, TAC formed the 4505th Air Refueling Wing at Langley as a single headquarters for its air refueling squadrons, which were located on several bases.  The wing's squadrons flew Boeing KB-50J and KB-50H Stratrfotresses, which added two jet engines to the B-50s original four reciprocating engines, and were designed to refuel three tactical aircraft at the same time. The 4505th also had a secondary mission of conducting antisubmarine warfare. Although assigned directly to TAC headquarters, the wing was attached to the division in September 1958, then assigned in November and the division once again commanded two wings at Langley.  One month after the 4505th Wing was added to the division's strength, the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group was added to the division.  The 4440th supervised delivery of aircraft from manufacturers and modification centers to operational units after TAC took over the delivery mission from the 1708th Ferrying Wing of Military Air Transport Service. Tankers from the 4505th provided air refueling support for the delivery missions of the 4440th.
When the division inactivated in July 1961, the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group reported directly to TAC, while the 4505th Air Refueling Wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force.
836th Air Division