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35th Air Division

{{short description|Inactive US Air Force unit}}

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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

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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".

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"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 1952The simultaneous activation and inactivation in February 1952 represents a change between a table of organization unit and a table of distribution unit

: 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==

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  • 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

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: 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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See also

References

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=Bibliography=

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

  • {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|access-date=23 March 2012|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F.|author2=Webster, Julie L |title=Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program|url= http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |year=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|lccn=97020912}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • {{cite journal |title=ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons|journal=The Interceptor |date= January 1979|publisher=Aerospace Defense Command |volume= 21|issue= 1 |pages=5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59}}

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