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35th Air Division

The 35th Air Division (35th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, at Hancock Field, New York. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969.

History

Assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence, from July 1951 – November 1969, the 35th "equipped, administered, and trained its assigned and attached units and placed those forces in a maximum state of readiness for use in air defense. Initially, its area of responsibility included all or part of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi".

"In 1966, the area changed to include most of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and southern Maine when the division assumed the responsibilities of the inactivated Boston Air Defense Sector. "

Assumed additional designation of 35th NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent Air Force Base in April 1966. "The division participated in numerous live and simulated exercises such as Apache Brave, Mohawk Echo, and Desk Top."

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 the 35 Air Division (Defense) on 11 June 1951
Activated on 1 July 1951
Inactivated on 1 February 1952
  • Organized on 1 February 1952
Inactivated on 15 November 1958
  • Redesignated 35 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966 (not organized)
Organized on 1 April 1966
Inactivated on 19 November 1969

Assignments

Stations

Components

Sector

Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, 8 September 1957 – 15 November 1958

Wing

Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 1 December 1967 – 30 September 1968

Groups

Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 30 September 1968 1966 – 31 December 1969
McGhee-Tyson MAP, Tennessee, 18 August 1955 1966 – 1 March 1956
McGhee-Tyson MAP, Tennessee, 16 February 1953 1966 – 18 August 1955

Interceptor squadron

Loring Air Force Base, Maine, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969

Missile squadrons

Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, New York, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 1 December 1967 1966 – 1 October 1972

Radar squadrons

  • 609th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Eufaula Air Force Station, Alabama, 1 September 1957 1966 – 15 November 1958
Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia, 24 December 1953 1966 – 1 July 1956
Crystal Springs Air Force Station, Mississippi, 1 September 1957 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 632d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Roanoke Rapids Air Force Station, North Carolina, 20 May 1953 1966 – 1 March 1956
  • 648th Radar Squadron
Benton Air Force Station, Pennsylvania, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 655th Radar Squadron
Watertown Air Force Station, New York, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 656th Radar Squadron
Saratoga Springs Air Force Station, New York, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 657th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Houma Air Force Station, Louisiana, 10 April 1955 1966 – 15 November 1958
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 18 June 1953 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 663d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Lake City Air Force Station, Tennessee, 5 August 1952 1966 – 1 March 1956
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 1 February 1956 1966 – 1 April 1957
Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida, 24 December 1953 1966 – 15 November 1958
Palermo Air Force Station, New Jersey, 1 December 1967 1966 – 1 April 1968
  • 691st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Cross City Air Force Station, Florida, 1 December 1957 1966 – 15 November 1958
Dauphin Island Air Force Station, Alabama, 1 April 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 698th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Thomasville Air Force Station, Alabama, 1 December 1957 1966 – 15 November 1958
Fort Fisher Air Force Station, North Carolina, 1 December 1953 1966 – 1 March 1956
Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia, 1 December 1953 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 762d Radar Squadron
North Truro Air Force Station, Massachusetts, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 763d Radar Squadron
Lockport Air Force Station, New York, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 764th Radar Squadron
Saint Albans Air Force Station, Vermont, 1 April 1966 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 765th Radar Squadron
Charleston Air Force Station, Maine, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 766th Radar Squadron
Caswell Air Force Station, Maine, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 772d Radar Squadron
Gibbsboro Air Force Station, New Jersey, 1 December 1967 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 773d Radar Squadron
Montauk Air Force Station, New York, 1 December 1967 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 783d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Guthrie Air Force Station, West Virginia, 1 September 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 784th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Snow Mountain Air Force Station, Kentucky, 1 September 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 792d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
North Charleston Air Force Station, South Carolina, 24 December 1953 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 799th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Joelton Air Force Station, Tennessee, 1 September 1958 1966 – 1 June 1961
  • 810th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Winston-Salem Air Force Station, North Carolina, 1 September 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 861st Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron
Aiken Air Force Station, South Carolina, 8 April 1955 1966 – 15 November 1958
  • 867th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Flintstone Air Force Station, Georgia, 1 October 1955 1966 – 1 March 1956; 15 November 1958 1966 – 25 July 1960
  • 907th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Bucks Harbor Air Force Station, Maine, 15 September 1966 – 19 November 1969
  • 908th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Marietta Air Force Station, Georgia, 25 September 1954 1966 – 15 November 1958

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