10th Air Division

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10th Air Division (Defense)
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Active1950–1951; 1952–25 August 1960
Disbanded20 July 1951
25 August 1960
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Part of Alaskan Air Command
EquipmentSee #Aircraft section below
DecorationsSee
Insignia
10th Air Division emblem (approved 17 December 1953) [1] 10th Air Division crest.jpg

"The 10th Air Division assumed responsibility for the air defense of Alaska south of the Alaskan Range on 1 November 1950. Subordinate units flew numerous interception and training missions. Between June 1957 and March 1960, the division operated and maintained Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, plus several smaller installations. It was replaced by the 5070th Air Defense Wing (for air defense), and the 5040th Air Base Wing (for base operations) in August 1960." [1]

Contents

Lineage

Organized on 1 November 1950
Discontinued on 27 April 1951
Activated on 27 April 1951 [2]
Inactivated on 20 July 1951
Activated on 1 November 1952
Discontinued and inactivated on 25 August 1960 [1]

Emblem

Per saltire, sable, gules, vert and or, saltire argent between in chief a jet aircraft in flight above two mountain peaks all of the last, in the flanks an anti aircraft gun and a radar antenna directed outward all of the first fimbriated silver, in base five electric flashes issuing from the apex of radio tower all black. [1]

Assignments

Components

Wing

  • 5040 Air Base Wing: 1 June 57 – 25 August 1960

Groups

  • 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group: attached c. 10 December 1950 – 27 April 1951 and 27 April 1951 – 20 July 1951; assigned 1 November 1952 – 13 April 1953 [1]
  • 531st Aircraft Control and Warning Group: 17 November 1950 – 20 July 1951; 1 November 1952 - 13 April 1953
  • 5039th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (later 5040th Aircraft Control and Warning Group), 1 June 1957 – 1 November 1959

Squadrons

Interceptor Squadrons
Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons
  • 625th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1950 – 1 November 1950
  • 626th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 13 April 1953 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 705th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 13 April 1953 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 709th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, c. 1 October 1955 – 1 November 1957
  • 712th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, c. 1 October 1955 – 1 November 1957
  • 713th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 November 1959 – 1 August 1960
  • 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 November 1959 – 1 August 1960
  • 717th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 13 April 1953 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 719th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 13 April 1953 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 720th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 September 1955 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 743d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 October 1955 – 1 June 1957
  • 794th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 September 1955 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
  • 795th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 September 1955 – 1 June 1957, 1 November 1959 - 1 August 1960
Other Squadrons
  • 5015 Radar Evaluation Flight, Electronic Counter Measures (later 5040 Radar Evaluation Flight, Electronic Counter Measures; 5070 Radar Evaluation Squadron (Target Electronic Counter Measures): 1 August 1957 – 1 August 1960.
  • 5039 Air Transport Squadron (later 5040 Operations Squadron): 1 June 1957 – 1 October 1957; 1 February 1959 – 1 August 1960 [1]

Stations

Commanders

Aircraft

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Factsheet 10 Air Division (Defense)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. The discontinuation and activation in April 1951 represents a change by the division's headquarters from a Table of Distribution unit to a Table of Organization unit. See List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force

Bibliography

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency