8th Air Division (United States)
- 8th Air Division (United States)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 8th Air Division
caption= Emblem of the 8th Air Division
dates= 1949-1957
country= United States
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branch= United States Air Force
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role= Command and Control
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command_structure= Air Defense Command
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battle_honours=The 8th Air Division (8th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, being stationed at McClellan Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 July 1957.
History
Lineage
* Established as 8 Air Division (Tactical) on 7 Apr 1949: Activated on 1 May 1949. : Inactivated on 1 Aug 1950
* Redesignated 8 Air Division (Airborne Early Warning and Control) on 19 Apr 1954: Activated on 1 May 1954: Inactivated on 1 Jul 1957
Assignments
* Continental Air Command: Fourteenth Air Force, 1 May 1949-1 Aug 1950
* Air Defense Command: Western Air Defense Force, 1 May 1954
* Air Defense Command, 1 May 1955-1 Jul 1957.
Stations
* Pope AFB, North Carolina, 1 May 1949-1 Aug 1950
* McClellan AFB, California, 1 May 1954-1 Jul 1957.
Components
Wings
* 551 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 18 Dec 1954-1 Jul 1957: Otis AFB, Massachusetts
* 552 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 8 Jul 1955-1 Jul 1957.: McClellan AFB, CaliforniaSquadrons
* 4701 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 1 May 1954-8 Mar 1955: Redesignated 963 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 8 Mar-8 Jul 1955:: McClellan AFB, California
* 4712 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 25 May 1954-8 Mar 1955.: Redesignated 964 Airborne Early Warning and Control: 8 Mar-8 Jul 1955:: McClellan AFB, California
Operational History
Established in 1949 to train units for the air defense of the continental United States. From May 1954–1957, division components flew early warning missions in RC-121 "flying radar stations" off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States.
References
* Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
External links
* [http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/rso/airdivision_pages/0008ad.asp Air Force Historical Research Agency: 8th Air Division]
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