• Source: 33rd Air Division (United States)

      • The 33rd Air Division (33d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969.


      History



      The 33d Air Division had air defense responsibility for an area encompassing Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Mississippi in March 1951. It was inactivated in June 1961.

      Activated again in 1966, replacing the Washington Air Defense Sector with its area changed to cover parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Assumed additional designation of 33d 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 supervised, administered, and trained its assigned units and, in doing so, participated in numerous live and simulated exercises.


      Lineage


      Established as the 33 Air Division (Defense) on 5 March 1951
      Activated on 19 March 1951
      Inactivated on 1 February 1952
      Organized on 1 February 1952
      Redesignated 33 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 January 1960
      Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 July 1961
      Redesignated 33 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966 (not organized)
      Organized on 1 April 1966
      Inactivated on 19 November 1969


      = Assignments

      =
      Air Defense Command
      Eastern Air Defense Force 19 March – 20 May 1951
      Central Air Defense Force, 20 May 1951 – 1 January 1960
      Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
      Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966 (not organized)
      First Air Force, 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969


      = Stations

      =
      Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 19 March 1951 – 8 May 1956
      Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 8 May 1956
      Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
      Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia 19 April 1966 – 19 November 1969


      = Components

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      Sectors




      Groups


      328th Fighter Group: 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1956
      Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri
      546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
      Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 19 March-4 June 1951
      4676th Air Defense Group: 2 March 1954 – 18 August 1955
      Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri


      Interceptor squadrons




      Missile squadrons


      22d Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC): 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969
      Langley Air Force Base, Virginia


      Radar squadrons




      See also


      List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons
      List of United States Air Force air divisions
      United States general surveillance radar stations


      References




      = Notes

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      = Bibliography

      =
      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 23 March 2012.
      Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L. (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2023 – via the Federation of American Scientists.
      "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1)

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