30th Air Division (United States)

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unit_name= 30th Air Division


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dates= 1948-1968
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battle_honours=The 30th Air Division (30th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to Tenth Air Force, being stationed at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa. It was inactivated on 18 Sep 1968.

History

Lineage

* Established as 30 Air Division (Defense) on 8 Nov 1949: Activated on 16 Dec 1949: Inactivated on 1 Feb 1952
* Organized on 1 Feb 1952: Redesignated: 30 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 Apr 1959: Redesignated: 30 Air Division on 1 Apr 1966: Discontinued, and inactivated, on 18 Sep 1968

Assignments

* Air Defense Command: Tenth Air Force, 16 Dec 1949:: Attached to: Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 Jan 31 - Aug 1950: Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 Sep 1950 - 1 Jul 1959
* Air Defense Command, 1 Jul 1959: Tenth Air Force, 1 Apr 1966 - 18 Sep 1968.

Stations

* Selfridge AFB, Michigan - 16 Dec 1949-7 Apr 1952
* Willow Run Airport (later, Willow Run AFS), Detroit, Michigan, 7 Apr 1952
* Truax Field, Wisconson, 1 Apr 1959
* Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa, 1 Apr 1966-18 Sep 1968.

Components

Divisions
* 31st Air Division: Attached: 27 Nov 1950-1 Feb 1951

Sectors
* Chicago Air Defense: 1 Apr 1959-1 Apr 1966
* Detroit Air Defense: 8 Jan 1957-4 Sep 1963
* Duluth Air Defense: 1 Apr 1959-1 Apr 1966
* Sault Ste Marie Air Defense: 1 Apr 1959-15 Dec 1963

Wings
* 56 Fighter Interceptor: attached 20 Feb 1950-6 Feb 1952: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
* 328 Fighter: 1 Apr 1966-18 Jul 1968: Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri
* 4706 Defense (later, 4706 Air Defense): 16 Feb 1953-1 Mar 1956: Kincheloe AFB, Michigan
* 4708 Defense (later, 4708 Air Defense): 16 Feb 1953-8 Jul 1956: Redesignated: 1 Fighter Group: 8 Jul-18 Oct 1956: Redesignated: 1 Fighter Wing: 18 Oct 1956-1 Apr 1959: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
* 4711 Air Defense: 1 Mar-8 Jul 1956: Presque Isle AFB, Maine

Groups
* 15 Fighter: 8 Jul 1956-1 Sep 1958: Niagara Falls MAP, New York
* 54 Fighter: 8 Jul 1956-8 Jan 1958: Greater Pittsburgh Apt, Pennsylvania
* 56 Fighter: 1 Apr 1959-1 Apr 1960: K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan
* 79 Fighter: 8 Jul 1956-1 Apr 1959: Youngstown MAP, Ohio
* 327 Fighter: 1 Apr-1 Jun 1959: Truax Field, Wisconsin
* 343 Fighter: 1 Apr-1 Jul 1959: Duluth MAP, Minnesota
* 412 Fighter: 8 Jul 1956-1 Apr 1960: Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan
* 473 Fighter: 1 Apr-1 Oct 1959: K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan
* 507 Fighter: 1 Apr 1959-1 Apr 1960: Kincheloe AFB, MichiganSquadrons
* 18 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Apr-1 May 1960: Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan
* 37 Air Defense Missile (BOMARC) : 1 Mar-1 Apr 1960: Kinchloe AFB, Michigan
* 56 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Sep 1958-1 Apr 1959: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
* 71 Fighter Interceptor: 25 Oct 1950-4 Jun 1951: Greater Pittsburgh Apt, Pennsylvania
* 87 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Sep 1958-1 Apr 1959: Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
* 319 Fighter Interceptor: 1 Sep 1958-1 Apr 1959: Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana

Operational History

The 30th equipped, administered, trained, and provided operationally ready forces to the appropriate CONAD/NORAD commanders for air defense of a designated area of responsibility that embraced at various times the Midwest part of the United States, from Kentucky to Minnesota, and from Nebraska to New York. The division trained attached and assigned units and supervised and participated in numerous exercises such as Kiowa Knife and Mandan Indian.

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/0030ad.asp Air Force Historical Research Agency: 30th Air Division]