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8th Air Division

Field	Value
unit_name	8th Air Division
image	Lockheed EC-121D Thailand 1972.jpg
image_size	290
caption	Lockheed EC-121D as flown by the division
dates	1949-1957
country	United States
branch
role	Command and Control
command_structure	Air Defense Command
identification_symbol	[[File:USAF - 8th Air Division.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	8th Air Division emblem (approved 21 June 1957)

Note

the inactive United States Air Force unit

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

The 8th AD was established in 1949. Its initial assignment was the air defense of North and South Carolina under Fourteenth Air Force. It was inactivated in 1950 with its air defense mission taken over by Eastern Air Defense Force.

In 1954 it was re-activated under Western Air Defense Force with a mission of being the command and control organization for Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) units of Air Defense Command. Its mission also included the training and equipping of Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star AEW&C units.

Division components flew early warning missions in "flying radar stations" off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States until its inactivation in July 1957, its mission being taken over directly by the Western Air Defense Force.

Lineage

Established as the 8th Air Division (Tactical) on 7 April 1949 : Activated on 1 May 1949. : Inactivated on 1 August 1950
Redesignated 8th Air Division (Airborne Early Warning and Control) on 19 April 1954 : Activated on 1 May 1954 : Inactivated on 1 July 1957

Assignments

Fourteenth Air Force, 1 May 1949 – 1 August 1950
Western Air Defense Force, 1 May 1954
Air Defense Command, 1 May 1955 - 1 July 1957

Stations

Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1 May 1949 – 1 August 1950
McClellan Air Force Base, California, 1 May 1954 - 1 July 1957

Components

Wings

551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing: 18 December 1954 – 1 July 1957 : Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts
552d Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing: 8 July 1955 – 1 July 1957. : McClellan Air Force Base, California

Squadrons

963d Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron: 8 March - 8 July 1955 :: McClellan Air Force Base, California
964th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron: 8 March - 8 July 1955 :: McClellan Air Force Base, California
4701st Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron: 1 May 1954 – 8 March 1955 :: McClellan Air Force Base, California
4712th Airborne Early Warning and Control: 25 May 1954 – 8 March 1955. :: McClellan Air Force Base, California

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

(4 October 2007). "Factsheet 8 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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