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Revision as of 16:02, 29 August 2010
| 29th Air Division | |
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 Emblem of the 29th Air Division | |
| Active | 1951–1969 |
| Country | [unreliable source?] |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Command and Control |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
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
Assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence, the division's mission was the air defense of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. By 1953, the area changed to include North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The 29th supervised the training of its units, and participated in numerous training exercises.
Reassigned from Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, to Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, on 1 April 1966 as part of an ADC reorganization, the division's area changed to include Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin, and North Dakota, and later expanded to cover most of Iowa.
Inactivated in November 1969 as ADC phased down its interceptor mission as the chances of a Soviet bomber attack on the United States seemed remote, its mission being consolidated into North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
Lineage
- Established as 29 Air Division (Defense) on 29 January 1951
- Activated on 1 March 1951
- Inactivated on 1 February 1952
- Organized on 1 February 1952
- Redesignated 29 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 January 1960
- Organized as 29 Air Division on 1 April 1966 by redesignation of Duluth Air Defense Sector
- Inactivated on 19 November 1969.
Assignments
- Western Air Defense Force, 1 March 1951 – 1 February 1952
- Central Air Defense Force, 16 February 1953
- Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960
- Tenth Air Force, 1 April 1966
- First Air Force, 15 September – 19 November 1969
Stations
- Great Falls (Malmstrom) AFB, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 1 February 1952
- Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 July 1961
- Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969.
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See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
- Air Force Historical Research Agency: 29th Air Division
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