Glasgow Air Force Base Explained

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Ensign:
Partof:	Strategic Air Command/Air Defense Command
Location:	St. Marie, Valley County, near Glasgow, Montana
Pushpin Map:	USA Montana
Pushpin Label:	Glasgow AFB
Pushpin Mark:	Airplane_silhouette.svg
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Type:	Air Force base
Built:	1957
Used:	1957-1968 1971-1976

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

See also

• List of military installations in Montana

Sources

• Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. .
• SAC Bases: Glasgow Air Force Base
• Boeing Technical Services - Flight Test Facility
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140701143608/http://airfields-freeman.com/MT/Airfields_MT_E.html#glasgow Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Glasgow AFB, Montana

External links

• Glasgow AFB Photo Album
• McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
• Current-day photos of Glasgow AFB

Notes and References

1. http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/452/344.xml 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.
3. USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)
4. Book: Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II. 1969. reprint. 1982. Office of Air Force History. Washington, DC. 0-405-12194-6. 72556. 70605402.
5. http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/001/020/821.xml USAFHRA Document 01020821
6. http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/900/080.xml USAFHRA Document 00900080