Former United States Air Force base near Glasgow, Montana
13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo 57-0336 Glasgow AFB, Montana September 1962
Strategic Air Command B-52D Stratofortress (AF Serial No. 56-0582) being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker (AF Serial No. 55-3127)
Glasgow Air Force Base is a former
United States Air Force base near
Glasgow, Montana . It operated from 1957 to 1968 and again from 1971 through 1976.
Major commands to which assigned
Air Defense Command, 8 February 1957 – 1 April 1960
Remained as tenant unit until 30 June 1968
Central Air Defense Force , 2 July 1959
29th Air Division (Defense), 1 April 1960
Minot Air Defense Sector , 1 January 1961 – 30 June 1968
Fifteenth Air Force
810th Strategic Aerospace Division , 1 July 1962 – 1 July 1963; 1 July 1966 – 30 June 1968
18th Strategic Aerospace Division , 1 July 1963 – 1 September 1964
821st Strategic Aerospace Division , 15 February 1962 – 1 July 1962; 1 September 1964 – 1 July 1966
Major units assigned
Diagram of a
Christmas tree at Glasgow, with the
mole hole in the lower right-hand corner
Not equipped, 8 February 1957 – 2 July 1959
13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron , 2 July 1959 – 30 June 1968 (F-101B)
Not equipped, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1961
326th Bombardment Squadron , 1 February 1961 – 1 February 1963 (B-52C)
322d Bombardment Squadron , 1 February 1963 – 25 June 1968 (B-52C/D)
Detached to Advanced Echelon,
3d Air Division : 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968
(deployed to
Andersen Air Force Base ,
Guam for
Arc Light Missions)
(deployed to Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa for Operation Port Bow; 5 February – 30 April 1968)
Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968
907th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968 (KC-135A)
Detached to Advanced Echelon,
3d Air Division : 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968
(deployed to
Andersen Air Force Base ,
Guam and Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa)
Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968
4300th Air Base Squadron, 17 November 1971 – 30 September 1976
Detached from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, for dispersed B-52/KC-135 operations
Note: All aircraft deployed to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 April – 30 June 1964 due to runway repairs
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See also
References
Sources
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
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