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21st Air Division (United States)
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The 21st Air Division (21st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force
organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command
, being stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base
, New York. It was inactivated on 23 September 1983.
, and later as a command, processing heavy bombardment crews and aircraft for overseas movement, and then processing men returning from overseas, from 1942–1946. From December 1946, it performed routine training duties in the Air Force Reserve through 27 June 1949 when it was inactivated due to budget reductions.
in February 1951 at Forbes AFB, Kansas. The 21st Air Division controlled B-47 Stratojet
medium bombardment wings at Forbes AFB, Kansas and Lake Charles AFB, 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.
, Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent AFB in April 1966.
Under ADC the 21st AD was placed under First Air Force
and assumed the jurisdiction of the former New York Air Defense Sector, controlling interceptor and radar units over eastern Pennsylvania
, New Jersey
, the New York City/Long Island
area and the coast of Connecticut
, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts
, including Cape Cod
. This included operations of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment
(SAGE) blockhouse DC-01.
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 re-activated 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 surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile squadrons near Otis AFB, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls
, New York and McGuire AFB, 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. 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 Tactical Air Command
(ADTAC). It moved to Griffiss AFB, 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 21st Air Division (ADTAC) was inactivated.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...
, being stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base, is a former United States Air Force base, located in Rome, New York, about NW of Utica. Missions at Griffiss AFB included fighter interceptors, electronic research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling, and bombers...
, New York. It was inactivated on 23 September 1983.
World War II
Initially established in 1942 as the 21st Bombardment Wing, the organization functioned as a staging wing for Second Air ForceSecond Air Force
The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, and later as a command, processing heavy bombardment crews and aircraft for overseas movement, and then processing men returning from overseas, from 1942–1946. From December 1946, it performed routine training duties in the Air Force Reserve through 27 June 1949 when it was inactivated due to budget reductions.
Strategic Air Command
Reactivated as a intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air CommandStrategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
in February 1951 at Forbes AFB, Kansas. The 21st Air Division controlled B-47 Stratojet
B-47 Stratojet
The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union...
medium bombardment wings at Forbes AFB, Kansas and Lake Charles AFB, 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 (ADC) in January 1966 at McGuire AFB, 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 Cheyenne MountainCheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain is a mountain located just outside the southwest side of Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., and is home to the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and its Cheyenne Mountain Directorate, formerly known as the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center .Throughout the Cold War and...
, Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent AFB in April 1966.
Under ADC the 21st AD was placed under First Air Force
First Air Force
The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
and assumed the jurisdiction of the former New York Air Defense Sector, controlling interceptor and radar units over eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, the New York City/Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
area and the coast of Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
and Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, including Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
. This included operations of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment
Semi Automatic Ground Environment
The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment was an automated control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bomber aircraft used by NORAD from the late 1950s into the 1980s...
(SAGE) blockhouse DC-01.
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 re-activated in November 1969 under Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) at Hancock Field
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base is a United States Air Force base, co-located with Syracuse Hancock International Airport. It is located north-northeast of Syracuse, New York....
, 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 surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile squadrons near Otis AFB, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 50,193, down from the 55,593 recorded in the 2000 census. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario , both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they...
, New York and McGuire AFB, 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. 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 Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...
(ADTAC). It moved to Griffiss AFB, 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
Air National Guard
The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...
, the 21st Air Division (ADTAC) was inactivated.
Lineage
- Established as 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 1952
- 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
- Reactivated on 20 January 1966
- Organized on 1 April 1966, replacing New York Air Defense Sector
- Assumed additional designations 21st NORAD/CONRAD Region, 1 April 1966
- Discontinued, and inactivated, on 31 December 1967
- Re-established and activated on 19 November 1969
- Assumed additional designation 21st ADCOM Region, 8 December 1978
- Inactivated on 23 September 1983, assets transferred to Northeast Air Defense Sector
Assignments
- Second Air ForceSecond Air ForceThe Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, 22 December 1942 - Continental Air Forces, 18 July 1945
- Fourth Air ForceFourth Air ForceThe Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....
, c. 23 November 1945 – 3 April 1946 - Fourteenth Air ForceFourteenth Air ForceThe Fourteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command . It is headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California....
, 20 December 1946 - Ninth Air ForceNinth Air ForceThe Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
, 22 December 1948 - Fourteenth Air ForceFourteenth Air ForceThe Fourteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command . It is headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California....
, 1 February – 27 June 1949
- Strategic Air CommandStrategic Air CommandThe Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
, 16 February 1951
- Fifteenth Air ForceFifteenth Air ForceThe Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 16 July 1952 - Eighth Air ForceEighth Air ForceThe Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
, 1 July 1955 - Second Air ForceSecond Air ForceThe Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
, 1 January 1959 – 1 September 1964
- Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966
- First Air ForceFirst Air ForceThe First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1967 - Aerospace Defense CommandAerospace Defense CommandAerospace Defense Command is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command. Established in 1946 under the United States Army Air Forces, its mission was to organize and administer the integrated air defense system of the Continental United States , exercise direct control of all active...
(ADCOM), 19 November 1969 - Tactical Air CommandTactical Air CommandTactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...
(ADTAC), 1 October 1979 – 23 September 1983
Stations
- Smoky Hill AAFSalina Municipal AirportSalina Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Salina, a city in Saline County, Kansas, United States. It is owned by the Salina Airport Authority....
, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, 22 December 1942 - Topeka AAFForbes Air Force BaseForbes Field, previously Forbes Air Force Base, is a joint-use civil-military airport operated by the Topeka Airport Authority located approximately south of Topeka, Kansas....
, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, 31 May 1943 - Merced AAFld (later, Castle Field), California, 7 October 1945 – 3 April 1946
- Memphis Municipal AirportMemphis International AirportMemphis International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States....
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, 20 December 1946 – 27 June 1949 - Forbes AFB, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, 16 February 1951 – 1 September 1964 - McGuire AFB, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1967 - Hancock FieldHancock Field Air National Guard BaseHancock Field Air National Guard Base is a United States Air Force base, co-located with Syracuse Hancock International Airport. It is located north-northeast of Syracuse, New York....
, New York 19 November 1969 - Griffiss AFB, New York, 31 August – 23 September 1983.
World War II
- 48th Staging Wing: 18 Jul 1945-c. 21 Mar 1946
- 95th Bombardment Group: 29 May 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 333d Bombardment Group333d Bombardment GroupThe 333d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 316 Bombardment Wing, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 28 May 1946-History:...
: attached 15 July 1942 – 21 February 1943 - 346th Bombardment Group346th Bombardment GroupThe 346th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 316th Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 30 June 1946....
: attached 7 September 1942 – 25 February 1943 - 384th Bombardment Group: 16 July 1947 – 27 June 1949
Strategic Air Command
- 40th Bombardment (later, 40 Strategic Aerospace) Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, 20 June 1960 – 1 September 1964
- 44th Bombardment Wing
- Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana, 4 Aug 1951 – 8 Apr 1952. 8 April – 16 June 1952
- 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, 1–16 October 1952; 16 October 1952 – 1 September 1964
- 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
- Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana, 10 October 1951 – 8 Apr 1952. 8 April-c. 15 May 1952
- 90th Bombardment (later, 90 Strategic Reconnaissance) Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, 14 March 1951 – 8 April 1952. 8 April – 16 October 1952. 16 October 1952 – 20 June 1960.
- 308th Bombardment Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, attached: 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8–17 April 1952
- 310th Bombardment Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, attached: 28 March – 4 September 1952
- 376th Bombardment Wing
- Forbes AFB, Kansas, attached: 1 June – 10 October 1951
- 373d Bombardment Squadron: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8–17 April 1952
- 374th Bombardment Squadron: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8–17 April 1952
- 375th Bombardment Squadron375th Bombardment SquadronThe 375th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 308th Bombardment Wing stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York.-History:...
: attached 10 October 1951 – 8 April 1952; 8–17 April 1952
Fighter-Interceptor units
- 52d Fighter Wing52d Fighter WingThe 52d Fighter Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.-Mission:The 52 FW maintains, deploys and employs F-16CJ and A/OA-10 aircraft and TPS-75 radar systems in support of NATO and the national defense directives...
- Suffolk County AFB, New York, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967
- 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing
- Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 4–31 December 1969
- 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Loring AFB, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 1 July 1971
- 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Griffiss AFB, New York, 19 November 1969 – 23 September 1983
- 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 19 November 1969 – 30 April 1971
- 83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Loring AFB, Maine, 1 July 1971 – 30 June 1972
- 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan1 Aug 1981-23 September 1983
- 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Dover AFB, Delaware, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967
- 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron539th Fighter-Interceptor SquadronThe 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the New York Air Defense Sector, stationed at McGuire AFB, New Jersey. It was inactivated on August 31, 1967.-History:...
- 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 31 August 1967
Missile units
- 26th Air Defense Missile Squadron26th Air Defense Missile SquadronThe 26th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed near Otis AFB, Massachusetts...
(BOMARC)
- Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 19 November 1969 – 30 April 1972
- 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)
- Niagara Falls Air Force Missile SiteNiagara Falls Air Force Missile SiteNiagara Falls Air Force Missile Site is a closed United States Air Force CIM-10 Bomarc missile site. It was located adjacent to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, east-northeast of Niagara Falls, New York. It was closed in 1969.-History:...
, New York, 19 November – 31 December 1969- 46th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969-31 October 1972
Radar units
- 12th Missile Warning Group
- Thule AB, Greenland, 1 October 1976 – 1 October 1979
- 762d Air Defense Group
- North Truro AFS, Massachusetts, 1 March 1970 – 1 January 1974
- 765th Air Defense Group
- Charleston AFS, Maine, 1 March 19790-1 January 1974
- 6th Missile Warning Squadron
- Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 October 1978 – 1 October 1979
- 640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Stephenville AS, Newfoundland, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971
- 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron641st Aircraft Control and Warning SquadronThe 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 21st Air Division , Tactical Air Command, stationed at Melville Air Station, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
- 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Melville AS, Labrador, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971
- 648th Radar Squadron
- Highlands AFS, New Jersey, 1 April – 1 July 1966
- 648th Radar Squadron
- Benton AFS, Pennsylvania, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1975
- 655th Radar Squadron
- Watertown AFS, New York, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978
- 656th Radar Squadron
- Saratoga Springs AFS, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1977
- 680th Radar Squadron680th Radar SquadronThe 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...
- 680th Radar Squadron
- Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 19 November 1969 – 30 May 1970
- 763d Radar Squadron
- Lockport AFS, New York, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978
- 764th Radar Squadron
- Saint Albans AFS, Vermont, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978
- 765th Radar Squadron
- Charleston AFS, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978
- 766th Radar Squadron
- Caswell AFS, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 8 December 1978
- 772d Radar Squadron
- Gibbsboro AFS, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969– 8 December 1978
- 773d Radar Squadron
- Montauk AFS, New Jersey, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1967; 19 November 1969– 8 December 1978
- 907th Radar Squadron
- Bucks Harbor AFS, Maine, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1979
- 924th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Saglek AS, Labrador, Canada, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971
Air Base units
- 4683d Air Base Group
- Thule AB, Greenland, 31 December 1969 – 31 March 1977
- 4684th Air Base Group
- Sondrestrom AB, 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)See also
- List of United States Air Force air divisions
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter SquadronsAerospace Defense Command Fighter SquadronsThe second iteration of Aerospace Defense Command was established on 21 March 1946 as a component of the United States Army Air Forces, with the mission of planning for and executing the air defense of the United States...