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34th Air Division

Field	Value
unit_name	34th Air Division
image	87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron-F-106-flightline.jpg
image_size	290
caption	F-106 of the [87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron](87th-fighter-interceptor-squadron)
dates	1951–1960; 1966–1969
country	United States
branch
role	Command of air defense forces
command_structure	Air Defense Command
identification_symbol	[[File:USAF 34th Air Division Crest.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	34th Air Division emblem (Approved 28 October 1966)

The 34th Air Division (34th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969.

History

93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-86A<ref>Aircraft is North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre Serial 48-133 at Kirtland AFB NM Aircraft participating in B-36 intercept tests. The wide color bands were painted on the fuselage for identification as a test aircraft. Taken October 1951.</ref>

Assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence, "from January 1951 until 1960 the 34th administered, trained, operated and supported assigned units, and placed all available combat capable elements in a maximum state of readiness. Initially, its area of responsibility included Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Texas." It was inactivated and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the Albuquerque Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960.

Reactivated on 1 April 1966, to perform Air Defense "including all or part of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia" assuming responsibility for the missions of the Detroit and parts of the Syracuse Air Defense Sectors.

Assumed additional designation of 34th 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 Fainting Echo, Apache Arrow, and Fainting Knife.

Inactivated in December 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 34 Air Division (Defense) on 1 January 1951 : Activated on 5 January 1951 : Inactivated on 1 February 1952
Organized on 1 February 1952 : Inactivated on 1 January 1960
Redesignated 34 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966 : Organized on 1 April 1966 : Inactivated on 31 December 1969

Assignments

Western Air Defense Force, 5 January 1951 – 1 February 1952
Central Air Defense Force, 16 February 1953 – 1 January 1960
Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966
First Air Force, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1969.

Stations

Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 5 January 1951 – 1 January 1960
Custer Air Force Station, Michigan, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1969

Components

Wing

1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense) : Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, 1 April 1966 – 1 December 1969

Group

343d Fighter Group (Air Defense) : Duluth MAP, Minnesota, 15 September-14 November 1969

Interceptor squadrons

15th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 20 April 1953 – 1 January 1960 : Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona
58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 1 August 1959 – 1 January 1960 : Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico
62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 15 September – 14 November 1969 : K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan
75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 30 September 1968 – 30 November 1969 : Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan
87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1968 : Duluth MAP. Minnesota
93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: : Attached 10 August 1951 – 1 February 1952; 1–5 February 1952 : Assigned 6 February 1952 – 1 January 1960 : Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1968 : Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan

Missile squadron

35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) : Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, 15 September-19 November 1969

Radar squadrons

612th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Ajo Air Force Station, Arizona, 1 January 1958 – 1 January 1960
661st Radar Squadron : Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, 1 April 1966 – 14 November 1969
662d Radar Squadron : Brookfield Air Force Station, Ohio, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1969
664th Radar Squadron : Bellefontaine Air Force Station, Ohio, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1969
674th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Osceola Air Force Station, Wisconsin, 15 September-14 November 1969
676th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Antigo Air Force Station, Wisconsin, 1 July 1968 – 14 November 1969
684th Aircraft Control and Radar Squadron : Mount Lemmon Air Force Station, Arizona, 1 April 1956 – 1 January 1960
685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Las Cruces Air Force Station, New Mexico, 1 January 1954 – 1 January 1960
686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1 October 1953 – 1 January 1960
687th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : West Mesa Air Force Station, New Mexico, 1 April 1954 – 1 January 1960
697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Pyote Air Force Station, Texas, 8 December 1956 – 1 January 1960
739th Radar Squadron : Wadena Air Force Station, Minnesota, 15 September-14 November 1969
752d Radar Squadron : Empire Air Force Station, Michigan, 1 April-14 November 1966
753d Radar Squadron : Sault Sainte Marie Air Force Station, Michigan, 15 September-14 November 1969
754th Radar Squadron : Port Austin Air Force Station, Michigan, 1 April 1966 – 14 November 1969
755th Radar Squadron : Arlington Heights Air Force Station, Illinois, 1 July 1968 – 30 September 1969
756th Radar Squadron : Finland Air Force Station, Minnesota, 15 September-19 November 1969
763d Radar Squadron : Lockport Air Force Station, New York, 1 April 1966 – 15 September 1969
767th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station, New Mexico, 1 May 1951 – 8 February 1959
768th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Moriarty Air Force Station, New Mexico, 1 May 1951 – 1 January 1960
769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Continental Divide Air Force Station, New Mexico, 1 May 1951 – 1 January 1960
783d Radar Squadron : Guthrie Air Force Station, West Virginia, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968
784th Radar Squadron : Snow Mountain Air Force Station, Kentucky, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968
904th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron : Winslow Air Force Station, Arizona, 1 April 1955 – 1 January 1960

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

(5 October 2007). "Factsheet 34 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Aircraft is North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre Serial 48-133 at Kirtland AFB NM Aircraft participating in B-36 intercept tests. The wide color bands were painted on the fuselage for identification as a test aircraft. Taken October 1951.

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