835th Air Division

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835th Air Division
tactical fighter and reconnaissance forces
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Lt Gen Leroy J. Manor
Insignia
835th Air Division emblem[b][1]

The 835th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was to Twelfth Air Force of Tactical Air Command (TAC) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1971.

The

23d Tactical Fighter Wing assumed support duties. The 23d Wing continued to deploy units to the Pacific and train both active duty and Air National Guard
pilots on the Thunderchief.

At various times, the 835th also commanded a

Pueblo Crisis
, a mobilized Air National Guard wing was assigned to the division and deployed its squadrons to the Pacific to perform reconnaissance missions.

History

The 835th Air Division was activated at

air defense missions and participated in joint operations.[1] The division's wings frequently deployed their tactical squadrons overseas, primarily to Southeast Asia.[2][3]

In November 1965, the 355th Wing moved to

357th Tactical Fighter Squadrons. Until they could rejoin the wing in Thailand, these two squadrons were temporarily assigned directly to the division .[1] The departure of the 355th left McConnell with only a single wing, and base support responsibilities were transferred from the division back to the 23d Wing.[4]

RF-4C Phantom II[c]

At the beginning of 1966, the division's remaining wing, the 23d, added the mission to train F-105

McDonnell RF-4 Phantom II. In February 1967, it became a replacement training unit for the RF-4C aircraft.[5]

123d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing RF-101[d]

The

Itazuke Air Bases in Japan.[7][8] 123d elements deployed in the Pacific provided reconnaissance support for Operation Linebacker. The wing was returned to state control and its home station in the spring of 1969.[1][7]

In December 1969, the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was transferred to Twelfth Air Force, leaving the division once again with a single wing assigned.[1][5]

The division's final assigned wing was the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization when called upon. From September to October, the entire wing deployed to its former base in Germany, Spangdahlem Air Base.[9]

49th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4D[e]

In November 1970, as the USAF began to transfer portions of its Thunderchief inventory to the

184th Tactical Fighter Group of the Kansas Air National Guard, which was also located at McConnell, became the first Guard unit to train on and equip with the Thunderchief.[10]

The division was inactivated in June 1971 and its two wings were reassigned directly to Twelfth Air Force.[1][3][9]

Lineage

  • Established as the 835 Air Division, and activated, on 24 June 1964
Organized on 1 July 1964
Inactivated on 30 June 1971[1]

Assignments

Stations

  • McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 July 1964 – 30 June 1971[1][f]

Components

Wings

  • 23d Tactical Fighter Wing: 1 July 1964 – 30 June 1971
  • 49th Tactical Fighter Wing: 1 February 1970 – 30 June 1971 (attached to
    Seventeenth Air Force 14 September – 7 October 1970)[9]
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico[9]
  • 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: 1 July 1966 – 24 December 1969
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas[5]
  • 123d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: by 31 August 1968 – by 31 March 1969
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri[7]
  • 355th Tactical Fighter Wing: 21 July 1964 – 8 November 1965[11]
Group
  • 835th Combat Support Group,: 1 July 1964 – 8 June 1966[4][11]
Squadrons
  • 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 8 – 27 November 1965
  • 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 8 November 1965 – 29 January 1966[1]
Other
  • 835th Tactical Hospital, 1 July 1965 – 1 July 1967[11][12]

Aircraft

  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief, 1964–1971
  • Lockheed AT-33
    , 1966–1969
  • McDonnell RF-4 Phantom II, 1966–1969
  • McDonnell RF-101 Voodoo, 1968–1969[7]
  • North American T-39 Sabreliner
    , 1966–1971
  • McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, 1970–1971[13]

Award

  • Major General Warren R. Carter Readiness Trophy. 1964. Awarded by the Order of Daedalians annually to the base level unit with the best supply record supporting aircraft or weapons as selected by the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.[14]

Commanders

See also

References

Notes

  1. 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron. This plane was later upgraded to F-105G configuration. Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard in 1982 and sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target in March 1983. Baugher, Joe (26 July 2023). "1963 USAF Serial Numbers"
    . Joe Baugher. Retrieved 15 August 2023. Photo taken in 1968.
  2. ^ Approved 20 May 1966. Description: Medium blue in chief eight mullets reversed chevronwise of two rows three and five argent and in fess two escutcheons azure fimbriated or, first bearing in pale throughout a "Flying Tiger" or striped brown armed and winged argent and on the second, a pile issuant from sinister throughout or, charged with a dagger fesswise of the like [color] inflamed gules, all within a diminished bordure argent and over all a base nebuly gules fimbriated argent. The emblem includes the emblems for the division's first two wings, the 23d and 355th Tactical Fighter Wings. Ravenstein, pp. 45, 191.
  3. 165th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
    .
  4. Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center on 1 March 1972 and scrapped on 5 April 1977. Baugher, Joe (19 May 2023). "1956 USAF Serial Numbers"
    . Joe Baugher. Retrieved 15 August 2023. This squadron was federalized and assigned to the 123d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. Taken in 1968.
  5. Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center on 15 August 1989 and to Holloman AFB for use as a target on 17 December 1997. Baugher, Joe (15 July 2023). "1964 USAF Serial Numbers"
    . Joe Baugher. Retrieved 15 August 2023..
  6. ^ Division components were also stationed at McConnell, except as noted.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Factsheet 835 Air Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Ravenstein, pp. 189–191
  3. ^ a b c d e Ravenstein, pp. 43–45
  4. ^ a b c Mueller, pp. 405, 409
  5. ^ a b c d Ravenstein, p. 113
  6. ^ Mueller, p. 32
  7. ^ a b c d "Abstract, History 123 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Jan 1968 – Jun 1969". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Abstract, History 123 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Jul–Dec 1968". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d Ravenstein, pp. 78–81
  10. ^ "Abstract, History 23 Tactical Fighter Wing Jan–Mar 1971". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Components in AFHRA Factsheet, 835 Air Division, except as otherwise noted.
  12. ^ See Mueller, p. 409 (list of units at McConnell activated with the division).
  13. ^ Aircraft in AFHRA Factsheet, 835 Air Division except as noted.
  14. ^ "Daedalians Logistics Readiness Award: Major General Warren R. Carter Readiness Trophy". Order of Daedalians. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015. (list of award winners)
  15. ^ "Biography, Maj Gen Edwar P. McNeff". United States Air Force. 1 December 1973. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Bibliography

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