Glasgow Air Force Base



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


 * Strategic Air Command, 1 April 1960 – 30 June 1968; 30 September 1971 – 30 September 1976
 * 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

 * 476th Fighter Group (Defense), 8 February 1957 – 30 June 1968
 * 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

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