• Source: 23rd Air Division (United States)

      • The 23rd Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). It was inactivated on 1 July 1987 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.


      History



      The Division was activated at Duluth International Airport in November 1969, replacing the 29th Air Division in an Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) realignment and re-organization of assets. Assigned additional designations of 23rd CONAD Region and 23rd NORAD Region upon activation with reporting to the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado.
      The 23rd AD was responsible for the air defense of a large area of the upper Midwest south of the 97th meridian west, bordered by the southern boundary of the Canada–United States border to the Ohio/Pennsylvania border; south and west along the western ridge of the Appalachian Mountains to the 38th parallel north. This encompassed most of Minnesota, Iowa, Northern Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and all of Michigan. It was also the command organization for the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-10) at Duluth Air Force Station.
      The division and its subordinate interceptor, missile and radar units participated in numerous exercises such as Amalgam Fairplay, Feathered Indian, and Feathered Brave. In addition, its subordinate units exercised with surface to air missiles. The scope of responsibility for the 23rd AD was expanded in 1973 with further ADCOM unit inactivations and consolidations to include the area south along the 88th meridian west to the 33rd parallel north, west to the 97th meridian west. This added all of Missouri and Arkansas, as well as western Tennessee and northern Mississippi to the Division's Area of Responsibly. It assumed additional designation 23rd ADCOM Region, 8 December 1978

      In 1979 it was incorporated into Tactical Air Command with the inactivation of ADCOM as a major command. Under Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC) it continued its mission until 15 April 1982 when it moved to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida and assumed responsibility for most of the region previously commanded by the inactivated 20th Air Division.
      In 1985 most active-duty units were inactivated or reassigned to other missions, and the air defense mission came under Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units under First Air Force. The Division stood down on 1 July 1987, its command, mission, components, and assets were transferred to the ADTAC Southeast Air Defense Sector.


      Lineage


      Established as the 23rd Air Division on 18 November 1969
      Activated on 19 November 1969
      Inactivated on 1 July 1987


      = Assignments

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      Aerospace Defense Command, 19 November 1969
      Tactical Air Command, 1 October 1979
      First Air Force, 6 December 1985 – 1 July 1987


      = Components

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      Interceptor units


      1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense), 1 – 31 December 1969
      Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan
      343rd Fighter Group (Air Defense), 19 November 1969 - 28 August 1970
      Duluth Airport, Minnesota


      Missile units


      37th Air Defense Missile Squadron, 19 November 1969 - 31 July 1972
      Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan
      74th Air Defense Missile Squadron, 19 November 1969 - 30 April 1972
      Duluth Air Force Station, Minnesota


      Radar units




      = Stations

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      Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, 19 November 1969
      Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 15 April 1982 – 1 July 1987


      See also


      List of United States Air Force air divisions
      List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
      Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons


      References




      = Notes

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      = Bibliography

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      This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

      Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
      Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.
      "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1)

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