832d Air Division

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dates= 1957-1991
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battle_honours=The 832d Air Division (832d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 October 1991.

History

Lineage

* Established as 832d Air Division on 26 Sep 1957: Inactivated on 1 Jul 1975: Activated on 1 Dec 1980: Inactivated on 1 Oct 1991.

Assignments

* Tactical Air Command: Eighteenth Air Force, 8 Oct 1957: Twelfth Air Force, 1 Jan 1958-1 Jul 1975;, 1 Dec 1980-1 Oct 1991.

Stations

* Cannon AFB, New Mexico, 8 Oct 1957-1 Jul 1975
* Luke AFB, Arizona, 1 Dec 1980-1 Oct 1991.

Components

Wings
* 27 Tactical Fighter: 18 Feb 1959-1 Jul 1975 (detached 21 Oct-1 Dec 1962)
* 49 Tactical Fighter: 1 Jul 1968-1 Feb 1970 (detached 15 Jan-4 Apr 1969)
* 58 Tactical Training: 1 Dec 1980-1 Oct 1991
* 140 Tactical Fighter: 26 Jan 1968-30 Apr 1969: Colorado Air National Guard
* 312 Fighter-Bomber (later, 312 Tactical Fighter): 8 Oct 1957-18 Feb 1959
* 347 Tactical Fighter: 15 May 1971-31 Oct 1972
* 366 Tactical Fighter: 1 Oct 1964-20 Mar 1966; 31 Oct 1972-1 Jul 1975
* 405 Tactical Training: 1 Dec 1980-1 Oct 1991
* 474 Fighter-Bomber (later, 474 Tactical Fighter): 8 Oct 1957-20 Jan 1968 ; 20 Mar 1968-1 Jul 1975.

Aircraft

* F-100 Super Sabre, 1957-1972
* B-26 Invader, 1958-1959
* B-57 Canberra, 1958-1959
* F-84 Thunderstreak, 1964-1965
* F-4 Phantom II, 1965-1966, 1968-1970, 1980-1982
* F-111 Aardvark, 1968-1975
* F-105 Thunderchief, 1972-1973
* F-5 Freedom Fighter, 1980-1989
* F/TF-104 Starfighter, 1980-1983;
* F-15 Eagle, c.1982-1991
* F-16 Falcon, 1982-1991.

Operational History

The 832d Air Division supervised and managed selected fighter forces of the Eighteenth and Twelfth Air Forces.

Some subordinate units deployed to Florida during the Cuban missile crisis (Oct-Dec 1962). Units conducted F-100 and F-111 aircrew replacement training. In 1968, the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing served as USAF's first "dual-based" NATO committed wing, subject to immediate return to Europe if and when needed.

The 832d provided command supervision of combat crew training programs, which included training pilots from West Germany, Mexico, Japan, and Saudi Arabia from Dec 1980-Oct 1991. It also participated in numerous tactical exercises such as Fertile Brave, Amalgam Chief, and Bold Eagle.

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