The 21st Air Division (21st AD) is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

organization. Its last assignment was with

Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force, Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Lang ...

, being stationed at

Griffiss Air Force Base Griffiss International Airport is a public airport in the northeastern United States, located east of the central business district of Rome, a city in Oneida County, New York. Publicly-owned by the county, the airport is located on the form ...

, New York. It was inactivated on 23 September 1983.

History

World War II

Initially established in 1942 as the 21st Bombardment Wing, the organization functioned as a staging wing for

Second Air Force The Second Air Force (2 AF; ''2d Air Force'' in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended ...

, and later as a command, processing heavy bombardment crews and aircraft for overseas movement, and then processing men returning from overseas, from 1942–1946.

Air Force Reserve

From December 1946, it performed routine training duties in the

Air Force Reserve The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commis ...

through 27 June 1949 when it was inactivated due to budget reductions.

Strategic Air Command

Reactivated as an intermediate command echelon of

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was 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 compon ...

in February 1951 at

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, Kansas. The 21st Air Division controlled

B-47 Stratojet The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long- range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft ...

medium bombardment wings at Forbes and

Lake Charles Air Force Base Chennault International Airport is a public aerospace/industrial complex in Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is governed by the Chennault International Airport Authority. The facility covers 1,310 acres (530 ha) o ...

, Louisiana. It was responsible for aircrew training, bomber replacement crews, and replacements for strategic reconnaissance slots until September 1964 when the B-47 was phased out of the inventory.

Air Defense Command

The command was reactivated by

Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...

(ADC) in January 1966 at

McGuire Air Force Base McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately south-southeast of Trenton. McGuire is unde ...

, New Jersey as one of ten new Air Divisions organized by the command to replace inactivating Air Defense Sectors in an organizational realignment. Assumed additional designation of 21st NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the

Cheyenne Mountain Complex The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a United States 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 host ...

, Colorado and reporting was transferred to

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ; , CDAAN), 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 pr ...

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. Under ADC the 21st AD was placed under

First Air Force The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern & Air Forces Space; 1 AF-AFNORTH & AFSPACE) 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 i ...

and assumed the jurisdiction of the former

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 U ...

, controlling interceptor and radar units over eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the New York City/

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

area and the coast of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including

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. This included operations of the

Semi Automatic Ground Environment The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) was a system of mainframe computer, large computers and associated computer network, networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to produce a single unified image ...

(SAGE) blockhouse DC-01. For operational control the division was also the 21st NORAD/CONRAD Region. During this time, it participated in air defense training exercises, accomplished live and simulated intercepts, and directed numerous flying sorties until inactivation in December 1967 as part of an ADC consolidation of intermediate level command and control organizations, driven by budget reductions required to fund USAF operations in Southeast Asia. The 21st AD was reactivated in November 1969 under Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) at Hancock Field, New York. The command provided air defense over most of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the New England area, commanding interceptor and radar stations. Also included were ADCOM radar stations located in Newfoundland, Canada. In addition command of the SAGE DC-03/CC-01 blockhouse was assumed by the 21st AD, as well as

CIM-10 Bomarc The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc ("Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center") (IM-99 Weapon System prior to September 1962) was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of No ...

surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile squadrons near

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, Massachusetts,

Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site The Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles. It was operated by the 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron. Equipped only IM-99Bs (46 missiles: solid-state, solid-fuel b ...

, New York and

, New Jersey. In 1975, a new JCS Unified Command Plan designated Air Defense Command as a specified command and changed its name to the Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) on 1 July 1975. The division assumed additional designation 21st ADCOM Region for operational control on 8 December 1978. Air Defense ADCOM was reorganized on 1 October 1979. The atmospheric defense resources (interceptors and warning radars) of ADCOM. including the 21st AD were reassigned to

(ADTAC). It moved to

, New York in 1983 when Hancock Field was closed. In 1983, when the air defense mission of CONUS was reassigned to the

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia (United States), militia of each U.S. ...

, the 21st Air Division (ADTAC) was inactivated and its assets transferred to

Northeast 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 U ...

Lineage

* Established as the 21st Bombardment Wing on 16 December 1942 : Activated on 22 December 1942 : Redesignated I Staging Command on 27 September 1945 : Inactivated on 3 April 1946 * Activated in the Reserve on 20 December 1946 : Redesignated: 21st Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 31 December 1946 : Redesignated: 21st Air Division, Bombardment on 16 April 1948 : Inactivated on 27 June 1949 * Redesignated 21st Air Division on 5 February 1951 : Activated on 16 February 1951 : Inactivated on 8 April 1952The 1952 organizational changes reflect only changes of the type of division's headquarters from a Table of Organization unit to a Table of Distribution unit and back. ''See''

List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force This is a list of Major Air Command (MAJCOM) Wing (air force unit), Wings of the United States Air Force (USAF), a designation system in use from the summer of 1948 to the mid-1990s. From 1948 to 1991 MAJCOMs had the authority to form wings us ...

: Organized on 8 April 1952 : Discontinued on 16 October 1952 * Activated on 16 October 1952 : Redesignated 21st Strategic Aerospace Division on 15 February 1962 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 September 1964 * Activated on 20 January 1966 (not organized) : Organized on 1 April 1966 : Discontinued and inactivated on 31 December 1967 * Activated on 19 November 1969 : Inactivated on 23 September 1983

Assignments

, 22 December 1942 *

Continental Air Forces Continental Air Forces (CAF) was a United States Army Air Forces major command, active 1944–1946. It was tasked with combat training of bomber and fighter personnel, and for Continental United States (CONUS) air defense after the Aircraft Wa ...

, 18 July 1945 *

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 Reserv ...

, 19 November 1945 – 3 April 1946 *

Fourteenth Air Force The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). It was headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The command was responsible for the organizatio ...

, 20 December 1946 *

Ninth Air Force The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint D ...

, 22 December 1948 * Fourteenth Air Force, 1 February – 27 June 1949 *

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 Forc ...

, 16 July 1952 *

Eighth Air Force The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces S ...

, 1 July 1955 * Second Air Force, 1 January 1959 – 1 September 1964 *

, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1967 *

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

, 19 November 1969 *

Air Defense, Tactical Air Command Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC) was a Named Unit of the United States Air Force, and operated at the Numbered Air Force echelon of Tactical Air Command. It was responsible for the air defense of the United States, and was last statione ...

, 1 October 1979 – 23 September 1983

Stations

* Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 22 December 1942 *

Topeka Army Air Field Topeka Regional Airport , formerly known as Forbes Field, is a joint civil-military public airport owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority in Shawnee County, Kansas, seven miles south of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas. Th ...

, Kansas, 31 May 1943 *

Merced Army Air Field Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April ...

(later Castle Field), California, 7 October 1945 – 3 April 1946 *

Memphis Municipal Airport Memphis Municipal Airport is a city-owned public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Hall County, Texas, United States. Facilities and aircraft Memphis Municipal A ...

, Tennessee, 20 December 1946 – 27 June 1949 * Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, 16 February 1951 – 1 September 1964 * McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1967 * Hancock Field, New York 19 November 1969 * Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, 31 August – 23 September 1983

Components

World War II

* 48th Staging Wing: 18 July 1945 – c. 21 March 1946 *

95th Bombardment Group 95 or 95th may refer to: * 95 (number) * one of the years 95 BC, AD 95, 1995, 2095, etc. * 95th Division (disambiguation) * 95th Regiment ** 95th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) * 95th Squadron (disambiguation) * Atomic number 95: americium * I ...

: 29 May 1947 – 27 June 1949 * 333d Bombardment Group: attached 15 July 1942 – 21 February 1943 *

346th Bombardment Group The 346th Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to the 316th Air Division, 316th Bombardment Wing at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa Island, Okinawa, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1946. The group ...

: attached 7 September 1942 – 25 February 1943 *

384th Bombardment Group 384th may refer to: * 384th Air Expeditionary Group, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command * 384th Air Expeditionary Wing, inactive unit of the United States Air Force *384th Air Refueling Squadron (384 ARS) is ...

: 16 July 1947 – 27 June 1949

Strategic Air Command

40th Bombardment Wing The United States Air Force's 40th Air Expeditionary Wing (40 AEW) was an Air expeditionary unit located at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, from 2002 to c. 2006. The 40 AEW's mission was to support combat forces in Afghanistan and other combat ...

(later 40 Strategic Aerospace Wing): 20 June 1960 – 1 September 1964 * 44th Bombardment Wing : Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisiana, 4 August 1951 – 8 April 1952. 8 April – 16 June 1952 *

55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing The 55th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. The wing is primarily stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, but maintains one of its groups and associated squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ari ...

: 1 – 16 October 1952; 16 October 1952 – 1 September 1964 * 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing : Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisiana, 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952. 8 April – c. 15 May 1952 *

90th Bombardment Wing 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bot ...

(later 90 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing):14 March 1951 – 8 April 1952. 8 April – 16 October 1952. 16 October 1952 – 20 June 1960. *

308th Bombardment Wing The 308th Armament Systems Wing was a United States Air Force unit established in 1951, being activated and inactivated at different times in history. It was last assigned to the Air Armament Center, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. ...

:10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8 – 17 April 1952 *

310th Bombardment Wing 31 may refer to: * 31 (number) Years * 31 BC * AD 31 * 1931 * 2031 Music * ''Thirty One'' (Jana Kramer album), 2015 * ''Thirty One'' (Jarryd James album), 2015 * "Thirty One", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory ...

: attached: 28 March – 4 September 1952 *

376th Bombardment Wing 376th may refer to: *376th Air Expeditionary Wing, inactive wing of the United States Air Force, last stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic *376th Air Refueling Squadron, inactive United States Air Force un ...

:attached: 1 June – 10 October 1951 *

373d Bombardment Squadron 373rd or 373d may refer to: *373d Fighter Group, inactive United States Army Air Force unit *373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (ISRG), an Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency unit located at Misawa A ...

: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8 – 17 April 1952 *

374th Bombardment Squadron 374th may refer to: *374th Airlift Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan *374th Fighter Squadron or 171st Air Refueling Squadron, unit of the Michigan Air National Guard's 127th W ...

: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8 – 17 April 1952 *

375th Bombardment Squadron The 375th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 308th Bombardment Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York. The squadron (aviation), squadron was first activated in April 1942. Afte ...

: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8 – 17 April 1952

Air Defense Command

Air Forces Iceland The 85th Fighter Group is an active United States Air Force organization, stationed at Ebbing Air National Guard Base as an active associate of the 188th Wing. It serves as a training unit for countries using the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning ...

: 31 December 1969 – 1 October 1975

=Fighter-Interceptor units

= *

52d Fighter Wing The 52nd Fighter Wing (52 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. It flies the F-16CJ fighter aircraft. It was activated in 1948, but derives significant elements of its history from the predec ...

Suffolk County Air Force Base Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base is an air defense military installation located at civilian public-use Francis S. Gabreski Airport, located just north of Westhampton Beach, New York. It is currently the home base of the New York Ai ...

, New York, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967 * 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing : Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 4 – 31 December 1969 *

27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 27th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia. The 27th is equipped with the F-22 Raptor. The 27th Fighter Squadron is the oldest active fighter squadr ...

Loring Air Force Base Loring Air Force Base was a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Maine, near Limestone and Caribou in Aroostook County. It was one of the largest bases of the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command during its existence, and was ...

, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 1 July 1971 *

49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 49th Fighter Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron was first activated as the 49th Pursuit Squadro ...

, New York, 19 November 1969 – 23 September 1983 *

60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 60th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that is part of the 33d Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; It is tasked with training pilots on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. History World War II Activated in ...

: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 19 November 1969 – 30 April 1971 * 83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron :

, Maine, 1 July 1971 – 30 June 1972 * 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron : K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, 1 August 1981 – 23 September 1983 *

95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 95th Fighter Squadron (95th FS), nicknamed ''the Boneheads'', is an active squadron of the United States Air Force. Last activated on 15 June 2023 as a Lockheed Martin F-35 squadron stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Previously th ...

Dover Air Force Base Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. The 436th Airlift Wing is the host wing, and runs the bu ...

, Delaware, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967 *

539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it was inactivated on 31 August 1967. During World War II, the ...

: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 31 August 1967

=Missile units

= *

26th Air Defense Missile Squadron The 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was activated in 1959 as the 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron to provide missile air defense for New England and was stationed at Otis Air Force Base, Massach ...

(BOMARC) :

, Massachusetts, 19 November 1969 – 30 April 1972 *

35th Air Defense Missile Squadron Military units *35th Fighter Wing The 35th Fighter Wing is an air combat unit of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The wing (military aviation unit), wing is part of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)'s Fifth Air ...

(BOMARC) : Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, New York, 19 November – 31 December 1969 *

46th Air Defense Missile Squadron The 46th Air Defense Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, consolidated in September 1985 as the 46th Tactical Missile Squadron. The squadron's first predecessor was organized in May 1942 as the 46th Troop Carrier Squa ...

(BOMARC) : McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969 – 31 October 1972

=Radar units

= * 12th Missile Warning Group :

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, Greenland, 1 October 1976 – 1 October 1979 * 762d Air Defense Group :

North Truro Air Force Station North Truro Air Force Station (AFS) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of North Truro, Massachusetts. Most of the site was inactivated by 1994 and turned over to the National Park Servic ...

, Massachusetts, 1 March 1970 – 1 January 1974 * 765th Air Defense Group : Charleston Air Force Station, Maine, 1 March 19790 – 1 January 1974 *

6th Missile Warning Squadron The 6th Space Warning Squadron is located at Cape Cod Space Force Station, in Sagamore, Massachusetts, United States. It operates the PAVE PAWS radar to watch for missiles launched toward North America. The squadron is assigned to Space Delta 4. ...

: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 October 1978 – 1 October 1979 *

640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron 64 or sixty-four may refer to: * 64 (number) Dates * one of the years 64 BC, AD 64, 1964, 2064 Places * Highway 64, see list of highways numbered 64 ** Interstate 64, a national route in the United States * The code for international direct dia ...

: Stephenville Air Station, Newfoundland, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971 *

641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 21st Air Division (ADTAC), Tactical Air Command, stationed at Melville Air Station, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (site N- ...

Melville Air Station Melville Air Station (ADC ID: N-24) was a General Surveillance Radar station. It was located on the summit of Dome Mountain, west of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was closed in 1988. History The site was established in 19 ...

, Labrador, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971 * 648th Radar Squadron :

Highlands Air Force Station Highlands Air Force Station was a military installation in Middletown Township near the borough of Highlands, New Jersey. The station provided ground-controlled interception radar coverage as part of the Lashup Radar Network and the Semi-Autom ...

, New Jersey, 1 April – 1 July 1966 * 648th Radar Squadron :

Benton Air Force Station 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 ...

, Pennsylvania, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1975 * 655th Radar Squadron : Watertown Air Force Station, New York, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 656th Radar Squadron : Saratoga Springs Air Force Station, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1977 *

680th Radar Squadron The 680th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Palermo Air Force Station, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 30 May 1970. The unit was a ...

Palermo Air Force Station Palermo Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-54, NORAD ID: Z-54) is a closed United States Air Force (USAF) General Surveillance Radar station. It was located in Palermo, New Jersey, north of Sea Isle City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United Sta ...

, New Jersey, 19 November 1969 – 30 May 1970 * 763d Radar Squadron :

Lockport Air Force Station Lockport may refer to: Places ;In Canada: * Lockport, Manitoba, an unincorporated community * Lockport, Newfoundland and Labrador, an abandoned fishing village ;In the United States: * Lockport, Illinois, a city ** Lockport Historic District ...

, New York, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 764th Radar Squadron :

Saint Albans Air Force Station In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Anglican, Oriental Ortho ...

, Vermont, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 765th Radar Squadron : Charleston Air Force Station, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 766th Radar Squadron :

Caswell Air Force Station Caswell Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north of Limestone, Maine. It was closed in 1980. History Caswell was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the secon ...

, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 772d Radar Squadron :

Gibbsboro Air Force Station Gibbsboro Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southeast of Gibbsboro, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It was closed in 1994 by the Air Force, and turned ...

, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 773d Radar Squadron :

Montauk Air Force Station Montauk Air Force Station was a US military base at Montauk, New York, Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York (state), New York. It was decommissioned in 1981 and is now owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation ...

, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978 * 907th Radar Squadron :

Bucks Harbor Air Force Station Bucks may refer to: Places * Buckinghamshire, England, abbreviated Bucks * Bucks, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community * Bucks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Bucks, Michigan, an unincorporated communit ...

, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1979 *

924th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bot ...

: Saglek Air Station, Labrador, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971

=Air Base units

= * 4683d Air Base Group : Thule Air Base, Greenland, 31 December 1969 – 31 March 1977 * 4684th Air Base Group : Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, 31 December 1969 – 1 December 1979

Emblem

The Division's emblem consists of a Shield divided by a diagonal line from the upper right to middle left, light blue and white, a sword slanting from upper left to lower right, the point to lower right base, the hilt and pommel yellow encircled with five stars, yellow, the lower blade of the sword over a branch of olive in base green. (Approved 17 July 1952)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* * * * * "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". ''The Interceptor'' (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1) {{Navboxes , list = {{Strategic Air Command {{Aerospace Defense Command {{USAAF 2d Air Force World War II Military units and formations established in 1942 Units and formations of Strategic Air Command

021 069 is: * in Brazil, the telephone area code for the city of Rio de Janeiro and surrounding cities (Greater Rio de Janeiro) * in China, the telephone area code for the city of Shanghai. * in Indonesia, the area code for the city of Jakarta and su ...

1942 establishments in Kansas

History

World War II

Air Force Reserve

Strategic Air Command

Air Defense Command

Lineage

Assignments

Stations

Components

World War II

Strategic Air Command

Air Defense Command

=Fighter-Interceptor units

=Missile units

=Radar units

=Air Base units

Emblem

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography