32d Air Division
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| 32d Air Division | |
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 Official crest of the 32d Air Division |
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| Active | 8 November 1949–15 August 1958 21 October 1958–4 September 1963 20 January 1966–31 December 1969 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | see "Stations" section below |
| Motto | Vigilantia (Latin) "Vigilance" |
| Equipment | see "Aircraft / Missiles / Space vehicles" section below |
| Decorations | see "Lineage and honors" section below |
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[edit] History
The 32d organized, administered, equipped, trained, and prepared for operation, all of its assigned units. The division participated in exercises such as Creek Brave, Top Rung and Natchez Echo. Initially, it assumed responsibility for an area including Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and part of New York. Later, beginning in 1966, the area expanded to include Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and parts of South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. During the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962), the division controlled numerous deployments and aerial sorties.
[edit] Background of name
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[edit] Mission
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[edit] Operations
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[edit] Lineage and honors
Established as 32 Air Division (Defense) on 8 November 1949. Activated on 8 December 1949. Inactivated on 1 February 1952.
Organized on 1 February 1952. Inactivated on 15 August 1958.
Redesignated 32 Air Division (SAGE) on 21 October 1958. Activated on 15 November 1958. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 4 September 1963.
Redesignated 32 Air Division, and activated, on 20 January 1966. Organized on 1 April 1966. Inactivated on 31 December 1969.
[edit] Service streamers
This unit earned the following organizational service streamers:
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[edit] Campaign streamers
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[edit] Decorations
This unit earned the following unit decorations:
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2): 20 October 1962–30 November 1962; 1 January 1967–31 March 1968.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Emblem
Azure, a talbot rampant with collar and broken chain or, between five lightning bolts three in chief and two in base gules, fimbriated of the second; all within a diminished bordure of the last. (Approved 4 March 1953)
[edit] Assignments
First Air Force, 8 December 1949; Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 September 1950–1 February 1952.
Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 February 1952–15 August 1958.
Eastern Air Defense Force, 15 November 1958; Air Defense Command, 1 August 1959–4 September 1963.
Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966; Fourteenth Air Force, 1 April 1966; First Air Force, 1 July 1968–31 December 1969.
[edit] Components
Sectors:
- Syracuse Air Defense Sector: (See 4624 Air Defense Wing) 1 October 1956–15 August 1958.
- Bangor Air Defense: 8 January 1957–15 August 1958.
- Montgomery Air Defense: 15 November 1958–1 July 1963.
- Oklahoma City Air Defense (Manual): 1 July 1961–1 September 1961.
Wings:
- 33 Fighter Interceptor: attached 20 February 1950–1 February 1952.
- 4624 Air Defense (later, Syracuse Air Defense Sector): 1 October 1956–15 August 1958.
- 4707 Defense (later, 4707 Air Defense): 16 February 1953–1 March 1956.
- 4711 Defense (later, 4711 Air Defense): 16 February 1953–1 March 1956.
- 4752 Air Defense: 1 September 1961–25 June 1963.
Groups:
- 14 Fighter: 1 March 1956–August 1958.
- 23 Fighter: 1 March 1956–1 August 1958.
- 4727 Air Defense: 8 February 1957–1 August 1958.
Squadrons:
- 27 Fighter Interceptor: 1 March 1956–8 February 1957.
- 49 Fighter Interceptor: 16 June 1956–1 August 1958.
- 76 Fighter Interceptor: 15 November 1958–1 February 1961.
- 319 Fighter Interceptor: 1 April 1966–31 December 1969.
- 444 Fighter Interceptor: 15 November 1958–1 July 1961.
- 465 Fighter Interceptor: 1 March 1956–8 February 1957.
- 482 Fighter-Interceptor: 15 November 1958–1 July 1961.
[edit] Stations
Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 8 December 1949–1 February 1952.
Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 1 February 1952; Hancock Field (later, Syracuse Air Force Station), New York, 12 February 1952–15 August 1958.
Dobbins Air Force Base (later, Dobbins Air Reserve Base), Georgia, 15 November 1958; Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 1 August 1961–4 September 1963.
Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, 1 April 1966–31 December 1969.
[edit] Aircraft / Missiles / Space vehicles
F-47 Thunderbolt, 1953; F-51 Mustang, 1953; F-86 Sabre, 1953–1958; F-89 Scorpion, 1953–1960; F-94 Starfire, 1953–1957; F-102 Delta Dagger, 1958.
F-102 Delta Dagger, 1958–1961; F-101 Voodoo, 1960–1961; F-104 Starfighter, 1963.
F-104 Starfighter, 1966–1969.
[edit] Commanders
Lieutenant Colonel John A. H. Miller, 8 December 1949; Lieutenant Colonel Otto G. Quanrud, by 31 January 1950; Colonel Fred T. Crimmins Jr., by 28 February 1950; Brigadier General Jacob E. Smart, by 31 July 1950; Colonel Fred T. Crimmins Jr., by 28 February 1951; Colonel Arthur C. Agan Jr., by 30 April 1951; Colonel Grover C. Wilcox Jr., by 30 September 1951; Brigadier General James W. McCauley, by 30 November 1951–1 February 1952.
Brigadier General James W. McCauley, 1 February 1952; Brigadier General Robert S. Israel Jr., by 31 May 1953–31 July 1958.
Brigadier General Edward N. Backus, 15 November 1958; Brigadier General William H. Wise, 14 July 1959; Major General Thomas J. Gent Jr., 1 August 1961–4 September 1963.
Colonel Victor Milner Jr., 1 April 1966–31 December 1969.
