The 26th Air Division (26th AD) is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Si ...

organization. Its last assignment was with

Air Defense Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 Ju ...

, assigned to

First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the C ...

, being stationed at

March Air Force Base March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's ...

, California. It was inactivated on 30 September 1990.

History

Was established in October 1948 by

Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inac ...

(ADC) as intermediate level of command. Initially responsible for atmospheric air defense of middle Atlantic region from North Carolina to greater New York City area east of the Appalachian mountains. Commanded Manual Direction Center (MDC) at

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, New York (P-3) 1948–1958 directing interceptor units to aircraft identified by Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons at radar stations in AOR. It employed off shore naval

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, fixed "

Texas Tower The Texas Towers were a set of three radar facilities off the eastern seaboard of the United States which were used for surveillance by the United States Air Force during the Cold War. Modeled on the offshore oil drilling platforms first employe ...

" radar sites, airborne early warning units, and a civilian

Ground Observer Corps The Ground Observer Corps (GOC), sometimes erroneously referred to as the Ground ''Observation'' Corps, was the name of two American civil defense organizations during the middle 20th century. World War II organization The first Ground Observer ...

program. The latter phased down when the SAGE program was implemented. Improved radar and communications equipment and fighter interceptors, and better techniques and methods, eventually led to the 26th Air Division becoming the first operational

Semi Automatic Ground Environment The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to produce a single unified image of the airspace over a wide area. SA ...

SAGE Direction Center (DC-1) within Air Defense Command at

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, New Jersey. "''USAF also set down a new schedule (see table preceding). This schedule was to be included in an entirely new SAGE schedule (Schedule A) to be prepared by the SAGE Project Office. The phasing was to be as follows. The last combat center, AN/FSQ-8, to be installed under SAGE Schedule 7 (Improved), was to be at McChord AFB (25th Air Division). Subsequent combat facilities and equipment were to be cancelled with the exception of (1) one AN/FSQ-8 that was to be converted to an AN/FSQ-7, using FY 1959 funds, to be installed at the Sioux City DC, and (2) the combat center building at Minot.''" (improved) On 1 April 1966, Combat Center CC-03 at McChord AFB, WA was inactivated in conjunction with the activation of Combat Center CC-05 at Hamilton AFB, CA, and the combining of 25th, 26th and 27th NORAD divisions into the new Headquarters Western NORAD Region at HAFB. CC-05 utilized a 3-String AN/GSA-51 computer system. CC-05 and Headquarters Western NORAD Region were inactivated at Hamilton AFB on 31 December 1969. Moved to Syracuse Air Force Station New York and commanded SAGE DC-3 Direction Center and first SAGE Command Center (CC-01) beginning in 1958 and assumed operational control of the MDC at

Topsham Air Force Station Topsham Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force station. It is located north of Brunswick, Maine. It was closed in 1969. History Topsham AFS was initially the headquarters of the Air Defense Command Bangor Air Defense Sector ...

, Maine in August 1958 and the SAGE DC-4 at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia in September 1958. In 1961 the division assumed air defense training responsibility for

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(ANG) units within the area. During the

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of 1962, the division deployed fighter aircraft and part of its airborne early warning and control force to Florida. The 26th's area of control expanded until by 1963 its boundaries extended from the

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to the

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and well toward the center of the United States. Expanded responsibilities in 1963 assuming command of SAGE DC-9 at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama in July and DC-6 at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan in September and GCI stations in

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formerly under the 64th Air Division. 26thAD - Map 1966-1980

In April 1966, the division was replaced by the

, and moved without personnel or equipment to

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, Oregon, where it assumed responsibility for the defense of Oregon, part of California and Nevada by the inactivation of the Portland and

Reno Air Defense Sector The Reno Air Defense Sector (ReADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada. History ReADS was established in February 1959 assum ...

s. Assumed additional designation of 26th NORAD Region and 26th CONAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the

Cheyenne Mountain Complex The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, which hosts the activities o ...

, Colorado and reporting was transferred to

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...

from ADC at

Ent Air Force Base Ent Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located in the Knob Hill neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado. A tent city, established in 1943 during construction of the base, was initially commanded by Major General Uzal Girar ...

in April 1966. 26AD-SWADS-1979-1990

The division was gradually phasing down until it replaced the

27th Air Division The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Base, ...

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, Arizona in November 1969, when in an ADCOM reorganization of atmospheric defense forces, the command became responsible for the air defense of a large area of the southwest. In October 1979, it transferred to

Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 Ju ...

(ADTAC) and continued to supervise atmospheric defense forces of its assigned AOR. Assumed additional designation 26th ADCOM Region on 8 December 1978. Began phase-down of operations with activation of new Southwest Air Defense Sector (SWADS) in July 1987. Engaged chiefly in transfer of mission to SWADS 1987–1990. Inactivated on 1 October 1990.

Lineage

* Established as the 26th Air Defense Division on 21 October 1948 : Activated on 16 November 1948 : Re-designated: 26th Air Division (Defense) on 20 June 1949 : Inactivated on 1 February 1952 * Organized on 1 February 1952The simultaneous activation and reactivation on 1 February 1952 reflects a change from a Table of Organization unit to a Table of Distribut8on unit. : Redesignated 26th Air Division (SAGE) on 8 August 1958 : Redesignated 26th Air Division on 1 April 1966 : Inactivated on 30 September 1969 * Reactivated on 18 November 1969 : Organized on 19 November 1969 : Inactivated on 30 September 1990

Assignments

, 16 November 1948 * Air Defense Command, 1 April 1949 (attached to

Eastern Air Defense Force The Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960. History EADF was ...

after 17 November 1949) * First Air Force, 16 November 1949 (remained attached to Eastern Air Defense Force) * Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 September 1950 – 1 February 1952 * Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 February 1952 * Air Defense Command, 1 August 1959 *

Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Res ...

, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1969 *

Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswel ...

, 19 November 1969 * Aerospace Defense Command, 1 December 1969 *

, 1 October 1979 *

, 6 December 1985 – 30 September 1990

Stations

Mitchel Air Force Base Mitchel Air Force Base also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed la ...

, New York, 16 November 1948 * Mitchel Air Force Base Sub Base #3, (later)

, New York, 18 April 1949 * Syracuse Air Force Station (later Hancock Field), New York, 15 August 1958 *

Stewart Air Force Base Stewart may refer to: People *Stewart (name), Scottish surname and given name *Clan Stewart, a Scottish clan *Clan Stewart of Appin, a Scottish clan Places Canada *Stewart, British Columbia *Stewart Township, Nipissing District, Ontario (histor ...

, New York, 15 June 1964 * Adair Air Force Base, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1969 *

, Arizona 19 November 1969 *

, California, 31 August 1983 – 1 July 1987

Components

Air Force

Air Forces Iceland The 85th Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, assigned as a unit of the 48th Fighter Wing whose home station is at RAF ...

: Keflavik Airport, Iceland, 1 July – 4 September 1963

Sectors

Bangor Air Defense Sector The Bangor Air Defense Sector (BaADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Topsham Air Force Station, Maine. It was inactivated on 1 ...

(BaADS) : Topsham Air Force Base, Maine, 15 August 1958 – 1 April 1966 *

Boston Air Defense Sector The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the ADC 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York. History BADS was established in 1956 at Ste ...

(BADS) : Hancock Field, New York, 1 April 1966 *

Detroit Air Defense Sector The Detroit Air Defense Sector (DEADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Custer Air Force Station (AFS), Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 Apri ...

(DADS) : Custer Air Force Station, Michigan, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966 *

Goose Air Defense Sector The Goose Air Defense Sector (GADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division, being stationed at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and repla ...

(GADS) : Goose AB, Labrador, 1 July 1963 – 1 April 1966 *

Montgomery Air Defense Sector The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS), was a unit of the US Air Force located at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. It provided air defense and surveillance of the southeastern region of the US. SEADS closed in winter 2005, ...

(MADS) : Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, 1 July 1963 – 1 April 1966 *

New York Air Defense Sector The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force unit of Air Combat Command (ACC), permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). A joint, bi-national military organization, EADS is composed of ...

(NYADS) : McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 8 January 1957 – 1 April 1966 *

Syracuse Air Defense Sector The Syracuse Air Defense Sector (SADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York. SADS was established in October 1956 as the 46 ...

(SYADS) : Syracuse Air Force Station, New York, 15 August 1958 – 4 September 1963 *

Washington Air Defense Sector The Washington Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station (AFS), Virginia. It w ...

(WADS) : Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966

Wings

1st Fighter Wing The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing. Its 1 ...

(Air Defense) :

Hamilton Air Force Base Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

, California, 31 December 1969 – 10 October 1970 *

78th Fighter Wing The 78th Air Base Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The 78th acts as the host unit at Robins. The wing was first activated as the 78th Fighter Wing in September 1948 as part of the wing ...

(Air Defense) : Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November – 31 December 1969 * 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing :

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, Massachusetts, 1 July 1959 – 1 April 1966 * 4601st Support Wing (DEW) :

Paramus, New Jersey Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...

, 1 July – 1 October 1963 *

4621st Air Defense Wing The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a United States Air Force unit of Air Combat Command (ACC), permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). A joint, bi-national military organization, EADS is composed of US ...

(SAGE) : McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 18 October 1956 – 8 January 1957 *

4622d Air Defense Wing The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the ADC 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York. History BADS was established in 1956 at Stew ...

(SAGE) :

, New York, 18 October 1956 – 8 January 1957 *

4707th Air Defense Wing The 4707th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts where it was discontinued in 1956. The wing ...

: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 March – 18 October 1956 *

4709th Air Defense Wing The 4709th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it was discontinued in 1956. It was ...

: McGuire Air Force Base, New York, 16 February 1953 – 1 September 1954 * 4710th Air Defense Wing :

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, Delaware, 16 February 1953 – 1 September 1954

Groups

408th Fighter Group 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

(Air Defense) :

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, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 *

Oxnard Air Force Base Oxnard Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base, located in the city of Camarillo, California. History Camarillo Airport was originally established in 1942 when the California State Highway Department constructed an auxiliary la ...

, California, 19 November – 31 December 1969 *

503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 26th Air Division at Roslyn AFS New York. It was inactivated in 1952. History Activated ...

: Roslyn Air Force Base, New York, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 751st Air Defense Group : Mount Laguna Air Force Station, California, 1 March 1970 – 1 January 1974 * 858th Air Defense Group : Fallon Air Force Station, Nevada, 1 March 1970 – 1 January 1974

Interceptor squadrons

82d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

Travis Air Force Base Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of the city of Fairfield, in Solano County, California ...

, California, 1 April – 25 June 1966 * 84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron : Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 1 October 1970 – 1 September 1973 :

Castle Air Force Base Castle Air Force Base (Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, located northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about south of Sacramento. The Central Valley base in u ...

, California, 1 September 1973 – 1 July 1987 *

456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command San Francisco Air Defense Sector stationed at Oxnard Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 18 J ...

: Castle Air Force Base, California, 1 April 1966 – 18 July 1968

Radar squadrons

634th Radar Squadron The 634th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Station, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974. History Th ...

: Burns Air Force Station, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 * 636th Radar Squadron : Condon Air Force Station, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 * 646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Highlands Air Force Station, New Jersey, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 *

647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Manassas Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-55 NORAD ID: Z-55) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west of Dale City, Virginia. It was closed in 1965. History Manassas AFS was established as one of ...

: Quantico Air Force Station, Virginia, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 *

648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Ground Equipment Facility QRC ( FUDS C03PA046300: "Benton Air Force Communications Annex") is an FAA radar station that was part of a Cold War SAGE radar station (Benton Air Force Station, call sign: Oppose) for aircraft control and warning ...

: Benton Air Force Station, Pennsylvania, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 * 649th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Bedford Air Force Station, Virginia, 26 May 1953 – 1 May 1954 * 658th Radar Squadron : Winnemucca Air Force Station, Nevada, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968 * 666th Radar Squadron : Mill Valley Air Force Station, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1980 * 670th Radar Squadron : San Pedro Hill Air Force Station, California, 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1976 * 682d Radar Squadron : Almaden Air Force Station, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1980 * 750th Radar Squadron : Boron Air Force Station, California, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1975 * 751st Radar Squadron : Mount Laguna Air Force Station, California, 19 November 1969 – 30 November 1981 * 761st Radar Squadron : North Bend Air Force Station, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 * 770th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Palermo Air Force Station, New Jersey, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 * 771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Cape Charles Air Force Station, Virginia, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 * 772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Claysburg Air Force Station, Pennsylvania, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 * 773d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Montauk Air Force Station, New York, 6 February 1952 – 16 February 1953 * 774th Radar Squadron : Madera Air Force Station, California, 1 April – 25 June 1966 * 775th Radar Squadron : Cambria Air Force Station, California, 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1980 *

776th Radar Squadron The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 6 September 199 ...

: Point Arena Air Force Station, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1980 *

777th Radar Squadron The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northwest Air Defense Sector, Tactical Air Command, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991. From ...

Klamath Air Force Station Klamath Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-33, NORAD ID: Z-33) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located northwest of Klamath, California. It was closed in 1981. History Klamath Air Force Station was on ...

, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 *

821st Radar Squadron 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number o ...

: Baker Air Force Station, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968 * 827th Radar Squadron : Kingsley Field, Oregon, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 *

858th Radar Squadron The 858th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Fallon Air Force Station ( Naval Air Station Fallon), Nevada. It was inactivated on 30 Jun ...

: Fallon Air Force Station, Nevada, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 1 March 1970 * 859th Radar Squadron : Red Bluff Air Force Station, California, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1970 * 866th Radar Squadron : Tonopah Air Force Station, Nevada, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969; 19 November 1969 – 1 July 1970

Radar evaluation squadron

* 4758th Radar Evaluation Squadron (ECM) :

Griffiss Air Force Base Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force installation in the northeastern United States, located in Central New York state at Rome, about northwest of Utica. Missions included fighter interceptors, electronic research, ...

, New York, 1 July – 20 October 1959

References

Notes

Bibliography

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