29th Air Division (United States)

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29th Air Division

Official crest of the 29th Air Division
Active
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ see "Stations" section below
Equipment see "Aircraft / Missiles / Space vehicles" section below
Decorations see "Lineage and honors" section below

The 29th Air Division was a division of the US Air Force from 1951 to 1969.

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[edit] History

The division maintained a Direction Center at Richards Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, as part of the integrated air defense system of the Air Defense Command. In 1951, it assumed responsibility for the air defense of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. By 1953, the area changed to include North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The 29th supervised the training of its units, and participated in numerous training exercises. In 1966, the division's area changed again to include Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin, and North Dakota, and further expanded to cover most of Iowa by 1969.

[edit] Mission

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[edit] Operations

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[edit] Lineage and honors

Established as 29 Air Division (Defense) on 29 January 1951. Activated on 1 March 1951. Inactivated on 1 February 1952.

Organized on 1 February 1952. Redesignated 29 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 January 1960; 29 Air Division on 1 April 1966. Inactivated on 19 November 1969.

This unit earned no organizational service streamers, organizational campaign streamers or unit decorations.


[edit] Emblem

Azure, within a diminished bordure or, issuant from sinister base a cloud formation proper, overall superimposed on the border and issuant from sinister base a demi sphere with axis bendwise light blue surmounted by a lightning flash of the second between a missile symbol gules and sable emitting a vapor trail of the second all fimbriated argent, and a radar screen of the fifth detailed of the sixth and edged of the seventh emitting a light beam of the like all bendwise, in dexter chief an aircraft symbol of the last voided of the fifth and in sinister chief four mullets one, two and one of the seventh. (Approved 27 November 1961)

[edit] Assignments

Western Air Defense Force, 1 March 1951–1 February 1952.

Western Air Defense Force, 1 February 1952; Central Air Defense Force, 16 February 1953; Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960; Tenth Air Force, 1 April 1966; First Air Force, 15 September 1969–19 November 1969.

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[edit] Stations

Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, 1 March 1951–1 February 1952.

Great Falls (later, Malmstrom) Air Force Base, Montana, 1 February 1952; Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 July 1961; Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, 1 April 1966–19 November 1969.

[edit] Equipment operated

F-84 Thunderjet, 1953–1954; F-94 Starfire, 1953–1957; F-86 Sabre, 1954–1957; F-89 Scorpion, 1957–1960; F-101 Voodoo, 1959–1969; F-102 Delta Dagger, 1959–1966; F-106 Delta Dart, 1961–1968; Bomarc Missile Program, 1966–1969.

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