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 repairsUSAFHRA Document 00452344 References for commands and major units assigned:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)USAFHRA Document 01020821USAFHRA Document 00900080
See also List of military installations in Montana
References
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 Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Glasgow AFB, Montana
External links Glasgow AFB Photo Album McDonnell F-101B Voodoo Current-day photos of Glasgow AFB