The 33rd Air Division (33d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969.
33d Air Division
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 F-106s of the division's 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
| Active | 1951–1961; 1966–1969 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Command of air defense forces |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
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| 33d Air Division emblem (Approved 24 September 1953)[1] |  |
History
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The 33d Air Division had air defense responsibility for an area encompassing Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Mississippi in March 1951. It was inactivated in June 1961.[1]
Activated again in 1966, replacing the Washington Air Defense Sector with its area changed to cover parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Assumed additional designation of 33d 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 supervised, administered, and trained its assigned units and, in doing so, participated in numerous live and simulated exercises.[1]
Lineage
edit- Established as the 33 Air Division (Defense) on 5 March 1951
- Activated on 19 March 1951
- Inactivated on 1 February 1952
- Organized on 1 February 1952
- Redesignated 33 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 January 1960
- Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 July 1961
- Redesignated 33 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966 (not organized)
- Organized on 1 April 1966
- Inactivated on 19 November 1969[1]
Assignments
edit- Air Defense Command
- Eastern Air Defense Force 19 March – 20 May 1951
- Central Air Defense Force, 20 May 1951 – 1 January 1960
- Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
- Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966 (not organized)
- First Air Force, 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969[1]
Stations
edit- Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 19 March 1951 – 8 May 1956
- Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 8 May 1956
- Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
- Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia 19 April 1966 – 19 November 1969[1]
Components
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Groups
edit- 328th Fighter Group: 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1956
- Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri
- Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 19 March-4 June 1951
- 4676th Air Defense Group: 2 March 1954 – 18 August 1955[1]
- Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri
Interceptor squadrons
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Missile squadrons
edit- 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC): 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969[1]
- Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
Radar squadrons
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Factsheet 33 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ Federalized Indiana Air National Guard
Bibliography
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L. (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2023 – via the Federation of American Scientists.
- "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1)