13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-101B 57-0336 1962

Glasgow Air Force Base is a former

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base near

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. It operated from 1957 to 1968 and again from 1971 through 1976.

Major commands to which assigned

* Air Defense Command, 8 February 1957 – 1 April 1960 :: Remained as tenant unit until 30 June 1968 :

Central Air Defense Force The Central Air Defense Force (CADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960. History ...

, 2 July 1959 :

29th Air Division The 29th Air Division (29th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, being stationed at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 15 November 1969. History ...

(Defense), 1 April 1960 :

Minot Air Defense Sector The Minot Air Defense Sector (MADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. It was inactivated on 1 Dec ...

, 1 January 1961 – 30 June 1968 *

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...

, 1 April 1960 – 30 June 1968; 30 September 1971 – 30 September 1976 :

Fifteenth Air Force The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force ...

:: 810th Strategic Aerospace Division, 1 July 1962 – 1 July 1963; 1 July 1966 – 30 June 1968 ::

18th Strategic Aerospace Division The 18th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Fifteenth Air Force at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, where it was inactivated on 2 July 1968. History The 18th Composite ...

, 1 July 1963 – 1 September 1964 ::

821st Strategic Aerospace Division The 821st Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Fifteenth Air Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1971. The division was ...

, 15 February 1962 – 1 July 1962; 1 September 1964 – 1 July 1966

Major units assigned

* 476th Fighter Group (Defense), 8 February 1957 – 30 June 1968 : Not equipped, 8 February 1957 – 2 July 1959 :

13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Minot Air Defense Sector, stationed at Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana where it was inactivated on 30 June 1968. The squadron w ...

, 2 July 1959 – 30 June 1968 (F-101B) * 4141st Strategic Wing, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1963 : Not equipped, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1961 : 326th Bombardment Squadron, 1 February 1961 – 1 February 1963 (B-52C) * 91st Bombardment Wing 18 November 1962 – 30 June 1968 :

322d Bombardment Squadron 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

, 1 February 1963 – 25 June 1968 (B-52C/D) :: Detached to Advanced Echelon,

3d Air Division The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 April 19 ...

: 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968 :: (deployed to

Andersen Air Force Base Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam. The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing (36 WG), assigned to the Pacific ...

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for Arc Light Missions) :: (deployed to Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa for Operation Port Bow; 5 February – 30 April 1968) :: Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968 : 907th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968 (KC-135A) :: Detached to Advanced Echelon,

: 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968 :: (deployed to

and Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa) :: Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968 * 4300th Air Base Squadron, 17 November 1971 – 30 September 1976 : Detached from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, for dispersed B-52/KC-135 operations Note: All aircraft deployed to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 April – 30 June 1964 due to runway repairs
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References

Notes Sources * Ravenstein, Charles A. ''Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977''.

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: Office of Air Force History 1984. .
SAC Bases: Glasgow Air Force Base

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: Glasgow AFB, Montana

External links

Glasgow AFB Photo Album

Current-day photos of Glasgow AFB
{{Montana Installations of the United States Air Force in Montana Defunct airports in the United States Airports in Montana Installations of Strategic Air Command Buildings and structures in Valley County, Montana 1957 establishments in Montana Military installations closed in 1976 Military installations established in 1957 1976 disestablishments in Montana

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