1959 NORAD CONAD History Jan-Jun.pdf - US Northern Command
1959 NORAD CONAD History Jan-Jun.pdf - US Northern Command
1959 NORAD CONAD History Jan-Jun.pdf - US Northern Command
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, /...- .'·~EGREr··~.......................................................···W·, .......................................................~I..............................................,inactivated four manual divisi.ons (the 9th, GeigerField; 32d, Syracuse; 35th, Dobbins; and 85th, Andrews)and reduced a fifth division to a one and one status(the 58th, Wright-Patterson, which was inactivated on IFebruary <strong>1959</strong>). ADC had activated the 32d Air Division(SAGI) to take the place of the 35th manual division atDobbins and established the 26th Air Division (SAGE) totake the place of the 32d manual division at Syracuse.The latter was a redesignation of the 26th manual divisionlocated at Roslyn AFS, New YOl'k. Division boundarieswere appropriately changed.<strong>NORAD</strong>/<strong>CONAD</strong> followed suit by di~establishing fiveof their divisions (9th: 32d, 3~th, j8th, and 85th).These commands also re-established tne 26th Division atSyracuse and the 32d Division at Dobbins.. At the end of December 19()ci, <strong>NORAD</strong> was left with atotal of 19 divisions, 12 of which "ere within the continentalU. S. <strong>CONAD</strong> had the same number of divisionswithin the continental U. S. and onE outside (the 64th)!On 1 Apri1 <strong>1959</strong> ~ ADC redesignated its 30th Air Division(Defense) as a SAGE divis.i.on and moved it fromWillow Run AFS, Michigan: to Truax AFB: Wisconsin. Itinactivated its 37th Air Dlvisi.on (Defense) which hadbeen at Truax and made the 30th res>,onslble for the areaof both divisions. ADC also redeSignated the 25th AirDivision (Defense) as a SAGE division on 1 March <strong>1959</strong>.At mid-year, <strong>US</strong>AF ADC had four SAGE diVisions and sevenmanual divisions in the U. S.<strong>NORAD</strong>/<strong>CONAD</strong> relocated their 30th Divisi.ons fromWillow Run AFS to Truax AFB on i April <strong>1959</strong> and discontinuedtheir 37th Divisions. The 30th Divisions werethen made responsible for the area formerly encompassedby the 30th and 37th. No action WH~ necessary by <strong>NORAD</strong>I<strong>CONAD</strong> on the 25th Div1sion ..* <strong>CONAD</strong> divisions and regions and <strong>NORAD</strong> divisionsand regions had identical boundaries.'_Till" . - ...... --.~
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