Air Divisions

Selected Air Divisions (1948-1983) 8th Air Division (AEW&Con) 1 May 1954 - activated at McClellan AFB, CA and assigned to Western Air Defense Force 1 May 1955 - Transferred to ADC 1 Jul 1957 - Inactivated 9th Aerospace Defense Division 15 Jul 1961 - Activated at Ent AFB, CO, and assigned to ADC 1 Jul 1968 - Discontinued 9th Air Division (Defense) 8 Oct 1954 - Activated at Geiger Field, WA and assigned to Western Air Defense Force 15 Aug 1958 - Inactivated 20th Air Division 8 Oct 1955 - Activated at Grandview AFB, MO and assigned to Central Air Defense Force 27 Apr 1957 - Grandview AFB Redesignated Richards-Gebaur AFB 1 Jan 1960 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Truax Field, WI, and assigned to the Tenth Air Force 31 Dec 1967 - Discontinued 19 Nov 1969 - Activated at Fort Lee AFS, VA, and assigned to ADC 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 21st Air Division 16 Feb 1951 - Redesignated 21st Air Division and activated 15 Feb 1962 - Redesignated 21st Strategic Aerospace Division 1 Sep 1964 - Discontinued 20 Jan 1966 - Redesignated 21st Air Division and activated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at McGuire AFB, NJ and assigned to First Air Force 31 Dec 1967 - Discontinued and Inactivated 19 Nov 1969 - Activated at Hancock Field, NY, and assigned to ADC 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 23d Air Division 19 Nov 1969 - Activated at Duluth International Airport, MN, and assigned to First Air Force 1 Dec 1969 - Reassigned to ADC 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 24th Air Division 19 Nov 1969 - Activated at Malmstrom AFB, MT, and assigned to Tenth Air Force 1 Dec 1969 - Reassigned to ADC 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 25th Air Division 25 Oct 1948 - activated as the 25th Air Division (Defense) at Silver Lake, WA, and assigned to Fourth Air Force Feb 1950 - Reassigned to Western Air Defense Force 15 Sep 1951 - Moved to McChord AFB, WA 1 Mar 1959 - Redesignated 25th Air Division (SAGE) 1 Jul 1960 - Transferred to ADC 1 Apr 1966 - Reassigned to Fourth Air Force 15 Sep 1969 - Reassigned to Tenth Air Force 1 Dec 1969 - Reassigned to ADC 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 26th Air Division 16 Nov 1948 - Activated at Mitchel AFB, NY, and assigned to the First Air Force 18 Apr 1949 - Moved to Roslyn AFS, NY 20 Jun 1949 - Redesignated 26th Air Division (Defense) 1 Sep 1950 - Reassigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 8 Aug 1958 - Redesignated 26th Air Division (SAGE) and Moved to Syracuse AFS, NY Jul 1959 - Syracuse AFS Redesignated Hancock Field, NY 1 Aug 1959 - Transferred to ADC 15 Jun 1964 - Moved to Stewart AFB, NY 20 Jan 1966 - Redesignated 26th Air Division 1 Apr 1966 - Transferred to Fourth Air Force and Moved to Adair AFS, OR 30 Sep 1969 - Inactivated 19 Nov 1969 - Activated at Luke AFB, AZ 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC 27th Air Division 20 Sep 1950 - Activated as the 27th Air Division (Defense), Norton AFB, CA, and assigned to the Western Air Defense Force 1 Oct 1959 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized as the 27th Air Division at Luke AFB, AZ, and assigned to Fourth Air Force 15 Sep 1969 - Reassigned to Tenth Air Force 19 Nov 1969 - Inactivated 28th Air Division 1 Jan 1951 - Assigned to Western Air Defense Force as the 28th Air Division (Defense) at Hamilton AFB, CA 1 Jul 1960 - Redesignated 28th Air Division (SAGE) and Transferred to ADC 1 Apr 1966 - Redesignated 28th Air Division, Moved to Malmstrom AFB, MT, and assigned to the Tenth Air Force 19 Nov 1969 - Inactivated 29th Air Division 1 Mar 1951 - Activated at Great Falls AFB, MT, and assigned to Western Air Defense Force 16 Feb 1953 - Transferred to Central Air Defense Force fall 1955 - Great Falls AFB Redesignated Malmstrom AFB 1 Jan 1960 - Redesignated 29th Air Division (SAGE) and Transferred to ADC 1 Jul 1961 - Moved to Richards- Gebaur AFB, MO 1 Apr 1966 - Redesignated 29th Air Division Moved to Duluth International Airport, MN, and assigned to Tenth Air Force 15 Sep 1969 - Reassigned to First Air Force 19 Nov 1969 - Inactivated 30th Air Division 16 Dec 1949 - Activated at Selfridge AFB, MI, as the 30th Air Division (Defense) and assigned to ADC Apr 1952 - Moved to Willow Run Airport, MI, and assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Apr 1959 - Reorganized and Redesignated 30th Air Division (SAGE) and Moved to Truax Field, WI 1 Jul 1959 - Transferred to ADC. Redesignated 30th Air Division, Moved to Sioux City Municipal Airport, IA (without personnel or equipment) 1 Apr 1966 - Assigned to Tenth Air Force. 18 Sep 1968 - Discontinued 31st Air Division 8 Oct 1950 - Activated at Selfridge AFB, MI, as the 31st Air Division (Defense), and assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Jan 1951 - Assigned to ADC 18 Dec 1950 - Moved to Fort Snelling, MN 20 May 1951 - Transferred to Central Air Defense Force 1 Jan 1960 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Oklahoma City Air Station, OK, and assigned to Fourteenth Air Force 1 Jul 1968 - Reassigned to Tenth Air Force 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated 32d Air Division 1 Jan 1951 - Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force, at Stewart AFB, NY 15 Feb 1952 - Moved to Hancock Field, NY 1 Dec 1953 - Base of assignment designated Syracuse AFS, NY 15 Aug 1958 - Inactivated as 32d Air Division (Defense) 15 Nov 1958 - Reactivated and reorganized as 32d Air Division (SAGE) and assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Force at Dobbins AFB, GA, where it replaced the 35th Air Division 1 Aug 1959 - Transferred to ADC 1 Aug 1961 - Moved to Oklahoma City AFS, OK 4 Sep 1963 - Discontinued 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Gunter AFB, AL and assigned to Fourteenth Air Force 1 Jul 1968 - Reassigned to Tenth Air Force 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated 33rd Air Division 19 Mar 1951 - Activated at Tinker AFB, OK, designated the 33d Air Division (Defense), and assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 20 May 1951 - Reassigned to Central Air Defense Force summer 1956 - Moved to Oklahoma City Air Force Station, OK 1 Jan 1960 - Redesignated 33d Air Division (SAGE), Transferred to ADC, and Moved to Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO 1 Jul 1961 - Discontinued 1 Apr 1966 - Organized as the 33d Air Division at Fort Lee AFS, VA, and assigned to First Air Force 19 Nov 1969 - Inactivated 34th Air Division (Defense) 5 Jan 1951 - Activated at Kirtland AFB, NM, and assigned to Western Air Defense Force 16 Feb 1953 - Transferred to Central Air Defense Force 1 Jan 1960 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Custer AFS, MI, and assigned to First Air Force 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated 35th Air Division 1 Jul 1951 - Activated at Kansas City, MO, and assigned to Central Air Defense Force Sep 1951 - Moved to Dobbins AFB, GA 10 Apr 1955 - Transferred to Eastern Air Defense Force 15 Nov 1958 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Hancock Field, NY, and assigned to First Air Force 19 Nov 1969 - Inactivated 36th Air Division 1 Apr 1966 - Activated at Topsham AFS, ME, and assigned to the First Air Force 30 Sep 1969 - Inactivated 37th Air Division 10 Oct 1951 - Activated at Lockborne AFB, OH, as a SAC unit 8 Sep 1955 - Moved to Truax Field, WI, activated as an ADC unit and assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Apr 1959 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Organized at Goose AB, Labrador, and assigned to First Air Force 1 Dec 1969 - Reassigned to ADC 30 Jun 1970 - Inactivated 58th Air Division (Defense) 8 Sep 1955 - Activated at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Feb 1959 - Inactivated 64th Air Division = 1 Apr 1957 - Assigned to ADC from the Northeast Air Command at Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland 26 May 1960 - Moved to Stewart AFB, NY 1 Jul 1963 - Discontinued 73d Air Division 1 Jul 1957 - Activated at Tyndall AFB, FL, as the 73d Air Division (Weapons), and assigned to ADC 1 Mar 1963 - Redesignated 73d Air Division 1 Apr 1966 - Discontinued 85th Air Division 8 Sep 1955 - Activated at Andrews AFB, MD, and assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Sep 1958 - Inactivated Sources: Cornett, Lloyd H. & Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization (1946-1980), Office of History ADC, Peterson AFB, Colorado, 31 Dec 1980, 179 pages, Pdf, page 53-56.