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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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Part of Strategic Air Command/Air Defense Command
St. Marie, Valley County, near Glasgow, Montana
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

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  • 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

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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[1]
References for commands and major units assigned:[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ USAFHRA Document 00452344
  2. ^ Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9
  3. ^ USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)
  4. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  5. ^ USAFHRA Document 01020821
  6. ^ USAFHRA Document 00900080

Sources

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

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