9th Space Division

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9th Space Division
Phased array missile detection radar at RAF Fylingdales
Active1949–1950, 1954–1958, 1961–1968, 1990–1991
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleCommand of aerospace defense units
Insignia
9th Space Division emblem (approved c. 4 September 1990)[1]
9th Aerospace Defense Division emblem
9th Air Division emblem

The 9th Space Division (9th SD) is an inactive

Patrick Air Force Base
, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 October 1991.

History

Tactical Air Command

The organization has had several periods of activation over its lifetime. Initially established in April 1949 as the 9th Air Division (Tactical) under

Pope Air Force Base
, North Carolina, the command had no units assigned but was to act as a headquarters over tactical units. It was inactivated in August 1950.

Air defense

Larson AFB
1954
9th Air Division (Defense), 1954–1958

It was redesignated 9th Air Division (Defense) and reactivated in October 1954 by

Cascade Mountains. It participated in the United States Air Force collateral mission of antisubmarine warfare and administered, equipped, and trained for combat. It was inactivated in 1958 when the Spokane Air Defense Sector was established by ADC to take over its responsibilities.[1]

Aerospace and missile defense

The third incarnation of the organization began in 1961 with its reactivation as the 9th Aerospace Defense Division was associated with the

During the

AN/FPS-49 radar at Moorestown Air Force Station, New Jersey was reoriented south and directed toward Cuba. A communication network was established with Moorestown, the AN/FPS-78 radar at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas and the AN/FPS-35 radar site at Thomasville Air Force Station, Alabama. All three stations were in turn tied into the command centers at NORAD and at Strategic Air Command. This missile detection network remained in operation until 28 November and the Moorestown and Laredo sites were returned to their normal SPADATS mission when Soviet missiles were withdrawn from Cuba. The Thomasville station, retained coverage until late December as a precaution.[2]

The division was inactivated in 1968 when its mission was elevated to a Numbered Air Force level, and transferred along with its personnel and equipment to the

The most recent incarnation the 9th Space Division began in 1990 when

30th Space Wing within two months of the Division's inactivation in 1991.[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 9th Air Division (Tactical) on 7 April 1949
Activated on 1 May 1949
Inactivated on 1 August 1950
  • Redesignated 9th Air Division (Defense) on 21 June 1954
Activated on 8 October 1954
Inactivated on 15 August 1958
  • Redesignated 9th Aerospace Defense Division and activated on 14 July 1961 (not organized)
Organized on 15 July 1961
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 July 1968
  • Redesignated 9th Space Division on 11 September 1990
Activated on 1 October 1990
Inactivated on 1 October 1991[1]

Assignments

  • Fourteenth Air Force, 1 May 1949 – 1 August 1950
  • Western Air Defense Force, 8 October 1954 – 15 August 1958
  • Air (later, Aerospace) Defense Command, 14 July 1961 – 1 July 1968
  • Air Force Space Command, 1 October 1990 – 1 October 1991[1]

Stations

  • Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1 May 1949 – 1 August 1950
  • Geiger Field, Washington, 8 October 1954 – 15 August 1958
  • Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, 15 July 1961 – 1 July 1968
  • Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 1 October 1990 – 1 October 1991.[1]

Components

Squadrons

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Factsheet 9 Space Division". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. ^ NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO , 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996)

Bibliography

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996

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