Glasgow Air Force Base

Coordinates: 48°25′16″N 106°31′40″W / 48.42111°N 106.52778°W / 48.42111; -106.52778
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For the civil use of this facility and airport information, see Glasgow Industrial Airport.

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USGS aerial photo as of 2006. Note the "Christmas tree" at bottom right.
Glasgow AFB is located in Montana
Glasgow AFB
Glasgow AFB
Coordinates48°25′16″N 106°31′40″W / 48.42111°N 106.52778°W / 48.42111; -106.52778
TypeAir Force base
Site history
Built1957
In use1957-1968
1971-1976
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)
  • 4141st Strategic Wing
    , 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1963
Not equipped, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1961
326th Bombardment Squadron, 1 February 1961 – 1 February 1963 (B-52C)
  • 91st Bombardment Wing
    18 November 1962 – 30 June 1968
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[1]
References for commands and major units assigned:[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ USAFHRA Document 00452344
  2. ISBN 0-912799-12-9
  3. ^ USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)
  4. OCLC 72556
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  5. ^ USAFHRA Document 01020821
  6. ^ USAFHRA Document 00900080

Sources

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

External links

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