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| 26th Air Division | |
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 Emblem of the 26th Air Division |
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| Active | 1948-1990 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Command and Control |
| Part of | Tactical Air Command (ADTAC) |
The 26th Air Division (26th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, (ADTAC) assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 30 Sep 1990.
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History
Lineage
- Established as 26 Air Defense Division on 21 Oct 1948
- Activated on 16 Nov 1948
- Redesignated 26 Air Division (Defense) on 20 Jun 1949
- Inactivated on 1 Feb 1952
- Organized on 1 Feb 1952
- Redesignated: 26 Air Division (SAGE) on 8 Aug 1958
- Redesignated: 26 Air Division on 1 Apr 1966
- Inactivated on 30 Sep 1969
- Activated on 19 Nov 1969
- Inactivated on 30 Sep 1990
Assignments
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Stations
- Mitchel AFB, New York, 16 Nov 1948
- Mitchel AFB Sub Base #3, Roslyn, New York, 18 Apr 1949-1 Feb 1952
- Mitchel AFB Sub Base #3, Roslyn (later, Roslyn AFS), New York, 1 Feb 1952
- Syracuse AFS, New York, 15 Aug 1958
- Redesigated Hancock Field, New York, 14 Feb 1959
- Stewart AFB, New York, 15 Jun 1964
- Adair AFS, Oregon, 1 Apr 1966-30 Sep 1969
- Luke AFB, Arizona, 19 Nov 1969
- March AFB, California, 31 Aug 1983-1 Jul 1987.
Components
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Sectors
Wings
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Air Force
Division
Groups
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Squadrons
- 82 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Apr-25 Jun 1966 (detached 1 Apr-25 Jun 1966)
- 84 Fighter Interceptor (later, 84 Fighter Interceptor Training): 1 Oct 1970-27 Feb 1987
- 456 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Apr 1966-18 Jul 1968
- 4758 Defense Systems Evaluation: 19 Nov 1969-31 Oct 1970
Operational History
Beginning in November 1948, the division performed air defense over an area that covered much of the industrial northeast, including New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.. It employed off shore naval picket ships, fixed "Texas Tower" radar sites, airborne early warning units, and a civilian ground observer corps program. The latter phased down when the SAGE program was implemented.
Improved radar and communications equipment and fighter interceptors, and better techniques and methods, eventually led to the 26th Air Division becoming the first operational SAGE air defense system (1 January 1959) within Air Defense Command.
The 26th's area of control expanded until by 1963 its boundaries extended from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico and well toward the center of the United States. In 1961 the division assumed air defense training responsibility for Air National Guard (ANG) units within the area.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the division deployed fighter aircraft and part of its airborne early warning and control force to Florida. In April 1966, the division, replaced by the First Air Force, moved without personnel or equipment to Adair Air Force Station, Oregon, where it assumed responsibility for the defense of Oregon, part of California and Nevada, gradually phasing down until it replaced the 27th Air Division at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona in November 1969.
In October 1979, it transferred to Tactical Air Command and continued to supervise its assigned components until 1 July 1987.
References
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This article incorporates text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website which, as a United States government publication, is in the public domain. |
- Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
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