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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">521st Air Defense Group</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:87th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_North_American_F-86D-30-NA_Sabre_51-6035_1956_Lockbourne_AFB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/87th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_North_American_F-86D-30-NA_Sabre_51-6035_1956_Lockbourne_AFB.jpg/300px-87th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_North_American_F-86D-30-NA_Sabre_51-6035_1956_Lockbourne_AFB.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="224" class="mw-file-element" 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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1945; 1953–1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">Fighter interceptor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense">Air Defense</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>521st Air Defense Group</b> is a disbanded <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> organization. Its last assignment was with the <a href="/wiki/31st_Air_Division" title="31st Air Division">31st Air Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux City Municipal Airport">Sioux City Municipal Airport</a>, Iowa, where it was inactivated in 1955. The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was originally activated as the <b>521st Air Service Group</b>, a support unit for the <a href="/wiki/310th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="310th Bombardment Group">310th Bombardment Group</a> at the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in Italy and then redeployed to the United States where it was inactivated in 1945. </p><p>The group was activated as the <b>521st Air Defense Group</b> once again in 1953, when <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (ADC0 established it as the <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> for a dispersed <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">fighter-interceptor</a> squadron and the medical, <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance" title="Aircraft maintenance">aircraft maintenance</a>, and administrative <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a> supporting it. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the <a href="/wiki/53d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Fighter Group">53d Fighter Group</a> in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was first activated as the <b>521st Air Service Group</b> in a reorganization of <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> (AAF) support groups in which the AAF replaced service groups that included personnel from other branches of the Army and supported two combat groups with air service groups including only Air Corps units. It was designed to support a single combat group.<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its 947th Air Engineering Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provided maintenance that was beyond the capability of the combat group, its 771st Air Materiel Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> handled all supply matters, and its Headquarters & Base Services Squadron provided other support.<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coleman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group supported <a href="/wiki/310th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="310th Bombardment Group">310th Bombardment Group</a> in Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group returned to the US in 1945 and was inactivated. It was disbanded in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-AFOOR887e_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOOR887e-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P-51D-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/P-51D-02.jpg/220px-P-51D-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/P-51D-02.jpg/330px-P-51D-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/P-51D-02.jpg/440px-P-51D-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>F-51D as flown by the 87th FIS until 1953</figcaption></figure> <p>The group was reconstituted, redesignated as the <b>521st Air Defense Group</b>, and activated at <a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux City Municipal Airport">Sioux City Municipal Airport</a> in 1953<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Air_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air defense">air defense</a> of central Midwestern United States.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="need support for area of responsibility (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was assigned the <a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> (FIS), which was already stationed at Sioux City Airport, and flying <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> era <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="North American F-51 Mustang">North American F-51 Mustangs</a><sup id="cite_ref-cj_120_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_120-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as its operational component.<sup id="cite_ref-87FTSfacts_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87FTSfacts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CS_299-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 87th FIS had been assigned directly to the <a href="/wiki/31st_Air_Division" title="31st Air Division">31st Air Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CS_299-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group replaced the 79th Air Base Squadron as the host USAF unit at Sioux City Municipal Airport. It was assigned three <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a> to perform its support responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-521Inf1955_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521Inf1955-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fall of 1953 the 87th FIS upgraded to <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> equipped and <a href="/wiki/Folding-Fin_Aerial_Rocket" title="Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket">Mighty Mouse rocket</a> armed <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">North American F-86D Sabre</a> jet aircraft<sup id="cite_ref-cj_120_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_120-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/14th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a>, also flying Sabres,<sup id="cite_ref-cj114_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj114-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was activated as the group's second operational squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer14FS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer14FS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1954 the 87th FIS moved to England and was reassigned.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CS_299-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 87th FIS was replaced the next month by the <a href="/wiki/519th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a>, another Sabre squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer519FS_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer519FS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was inactivated<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/53d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Fighter Group">53d Fighter Group</a> (Air Defense)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1955 as part of <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>'s Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was disbanded once again in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-DAFMPM575q_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAFMPM575q-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>521st Air Service Group</b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 January 1945<sup id="cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521ASGJ1945-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on or about 7 November 1945</dd> <dd>Disbanded on 8 October 1948<sup id="cite_ref-AFOOR887e_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOOR887e-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Reconstituted and redesignated as <b>521st Air Defense Group</b> on 21 January 1953</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 16 February 1953<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Disbanded on 27 September 1984<sup id="cite_ref-DAFMPM575q_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAFMPM575q-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assignments">Assignments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/XII_Air_Force_Service_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Air Force Service Command">XII Air Force Service Command</a>, 1 January 1945<sup id="cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521ASGJ1945-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Unknown, c. 17 July 1945 – 7 November 1945</li> <li>31st Air Division, 1 January 1953 – 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghisonaccia_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghisonaccia Airfield">Ghisonaccia Airfield</a>, Corsica, France, 1 January 1945 – 7 April 1945<sup id="cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521ASGJ1945-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airfield" title="Fano Airfield">Fano Airfield</a>, Italy 7 April 1945 – c. 6 July 1945<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples, Italy">Naples, Italy</a>, c.. 6 July 1945 – c. 17 July 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Patrick_Henry" title="Camp Patrick Henry">Camp Patrick Henry</a>, Virginia, c. 26 Jul 1945 – c. 30 July 1945</li> <li>Unknown, July 1945–7 Nov 1945</li> <li>Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa, 1 January 1953 – 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-cj_82_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <p><b>Operational Squadrons</b> </p> <ul><li>14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 November 1953 – 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer14FS_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer14FS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 16 February 1953 – 21 December 1954<sup id="cite_ref-87FTSfacts_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87FTSfacts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 8 December 1954 – 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer519FS_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer519FS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <p><b>Support Units</b> </p> <ul><li>521st Air Base Squadron, 16 February 1953 – 18 August 1955</li> <li>521st Materiel Squadron, 16 February 1953 – 18 August 1955</li> <li>521st Medical Squadron (later 521st USAF Infirmary),<sup id="cite_ref-521Inf1955_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521Inf1955-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16 February 1953 – 18 August 1955</li> <li>771st Air Materiel Squadron, 1 January 1945 – 1945</li> <li>947th Air Engineering Squadron, 1 January 1945 – 1945</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>North American F-51D Mustang, 1953<sup id="cite_ref-cj_120_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_120-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1955<sup id="cite_ref-cj_120_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj_120-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cj114_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj114-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Aerospace_Defense_Command_Interceptor_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons">List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sabre_and_Fury_units_in_the_US_military" title="List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military">List of F-86 Sabre units</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft is North American F-86D-30-NA Sabre, seria 51-6035. Taken in 1956.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-coleman-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-coleman_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coleman_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Coleman, p. 208</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/055/216.xml">Abstract, History of 947th Air Engineering Squadron, Jan 1945</a> (retrieved 9 January 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/072/853.xml">Abstract, History of 771st Air Materiel Squadron, Jan 1945</a> (retrieved 9 January 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/072/855.xml">Abstract, History of 771st Air Materiel Squadron, Mar 1945</a> (retrieved 9 January 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFOOR887e-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFOOR887e_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOOR887e_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Department of the Air Force Letter, 322 (AFOOR 887e), 8 October 1948, Subject: Disbandment of Certain Inactive Air Force Units</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cj_82-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_82_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornett & Johnson, p. 82</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cj_120-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cj_120_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_120_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_120_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj_120_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornett & Johnson, p.120</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87FTSfacts-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-87FTSfacts_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-87FTSfacts_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBailey2008" class="citation web cs1">Bailey, Carl E. (20 August 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433517/87-flying-training-squadron-aetc/">"Factsheet 87 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+87+Flying+Training+Squadron+%28AETC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2008-08-20&rft.aulast=Bailey&rft.aufirst=Carl+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433517%2F87-flying-training-squadron-aetc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-M_CS_299-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-M_CS_299_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 299–300</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornett & Johnson, p.147</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-521Inf1955-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-521Inf1955_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-521Inf1955_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/407/124.xml">Abstract, History of 521st USAF Infirmary, Jan–Jun 1955</a> (retrieved 22 June 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cj114-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cj114_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cj114_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornett & Johnson, p.114</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer14FS-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer14FS_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer14FS_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornett & Johnson, p.130</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer519FS-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer519FS_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer519FS_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 623–624</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 115</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robertson, Patsy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9742">AFHRA Factsheet, 53rd Wing</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130104172234/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9742">Archived</a> 4 January 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 2/24/2009 (retrieved 3 March 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buss, Sturm, Volan, & McMullen, p.6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAFMPM575q-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAFMPM575q_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAFMPM575q_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 575q, 27 Sep 1984, Subject: Disbandment of Units</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-521ASGJ1945-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-521ASGJ1945_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/102/945.xml">Abstract, History of 521st Air Service Group, Jan–Feb 1945</a> (retrieved 22 June 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/102/948.xml">Abstract, History of 521st Air Service Group, Apr 1945</a> (retrieved 22 June 2012)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> </p> <ul><li>Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, (1956)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColeman1950" class="citation book cs1">Coleman, John M (1950). <i>The Development of Tactical Services in the Army Air Forces</i>. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Development+of+Tactical+Services+in+the+Army+Air+Forces&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=1950&rft.aulast=Coleman&rft.aufirst=John+M&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCornettJohnson,_Mildred_W1980" class="citation book cs1">Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf"><i>A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 November 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Handbook+of+Aerospace+Defense+Organization%2C+1946%E2%80%931980&rft.place=Peterson+AFB%2C+CO&rft.pub=Office+of+History%2C+Aerospace+Defense+Center&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Cornett&rft.aufirst=Lloyd+H&rft.au=Johnson%2C+Mildred+W&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usafpatches.com%2Fpubs%2Fhandbookofadcorg.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Grant, C.L., (1961) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/101-150/AFD-090529-030.pdf">The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, USAF Historical Study No. 126</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeonard2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Leonard, Barry (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131110121813/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV1.pdf"><i>History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Vol. I. 1945–1955. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4379-2131-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4379-2131-1"><bdi>978-1-4379-2131-1</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV1.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 10 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Strategic+Air+and+Ballistic+Missile+Defense&rft.place=Fort+McNair%2C+DC&rft.pub=Center+for+Military+History&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-4379-2131-1&rft.aulast=Leonard&rft.aufirst=Barry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.army.mil%2Fhtml%2Fbooks%2Fbmd%2FBMDV1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A521st+Air+Defense+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=521st_Air_Defense_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Fallon" title="Naval Air Station Fallon">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Gregg-Adams" title="Fort Gregg-Adams">Fort Gregg-Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Heath" title="Fort Heath">Fort Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_International_Airport" title="Spokane International Airport">Geiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base" title="George Air Force Base">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenier_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenier Air Force Base">Grenier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunter_Annex" title="Gunter Annex">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Army 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title="Lackland Air Force Base">Lackland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo_Air_Force_Base" title="Laredo Air Force Base">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base" title="Larson Air Force Base">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base" title="Luke Air Force Base">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCoy_Air_Force_Base" title="McCoy Air Force Base">McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McClellan_Air_Force_Base" title="McClellan Air Force Base">McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGhee_Tyson_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base">McGhee Tyson</a></li> <li><a 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Base">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Air_Force_Base" title="Oxnard Air Force Base">Oxnard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paine_Air_National_Guard_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paine Air National Guard Base (page does not exist)">Paine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrin_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Perrin Air Force Base">Perrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_Space_Force_Base" title="Peterson Space Force Base">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_IAP_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Portland Air National Guard Base">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base" title="Presque Isle Air Force Base">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.I._Bong_Air_Force_Base" title="R.I. Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richards-Gebaur_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base">Richards-Gebaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K.I. Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Sioux City Air National Guard Base">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Stewart Air National Guard Base">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_S._Gabreski_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Francis S. 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title="Continental Divide Air Force Station">Continental Divide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_Air_Force_Station" title="Cottonwood Air Force Station">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Cross City Air Force Station">Cross City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Crystal Springs Air Force Station">Crystal Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curlew_Air_Force_Station" title="Curlew Air Force Station">Curlew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_Air_Force_Station" title="Custer Air Force Station">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Bank_Air_Force_Station" title="Cut Bank Air Force Station">Cut Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Center_Air_Force_Station" title="Dallas Center Air Force Station">Dallas Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Dauphin Island Air Force Station">Dauphin Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Dickinson Air Force Station">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncanville_Air_Force_Station" title="Duncanville Air Force Station">Duncanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado_Air_Force_Station" title="Eldorado Air Force Station">Eldorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Air_Force_Station" title="Empire Air Force Station">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_Air_Force_Station" title="Finland Air Force Station">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finley_Air_Force_Station" title="Finley Air Force Station">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flintstone_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flintstone Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Flintstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordland_Air_Force_Station" title="Fordland Air Force Station">Fordland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher_Air_Force_Station" title="Fort Fisher Air Force Station">Fort Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_Air_Force_Station" title="Fort Lee Air Force Station">Fort Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortuna_Air_Force_Station" title="Fortuna Air Force Station">Fortuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Air_Force_Station" title="Gettysburg Air Force Station">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Marais_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Marais Air Force Station">Grand Marais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Rapids Air Force Station">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guthrie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guthrie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Hanna City Air Force Station">Hanna City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havre_Air_Force_Station" title="Havre Air Force Station">Havre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_Air_Force_Station" title="Highlands Air Force Station">Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma_Air_Force_Station" title="Houma Air Force Station">Houma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Hutchinson Air Force Station">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joelton_Air_Force_Station" title="Joelton Air Force Station">Joelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keno_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Keno Air Force Station">Keno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen_Air_Force_Station" title="Killeen Air Force Station">Killeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Air_Force_Station" title="Kingman Air Force Station">Kingman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirksville_Air_Force_Station" title="Kirksville Air Force Station">Kirksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Air_Force_Station" title="Klamath Air Force Station">Klamath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake Charles Air Force Station">Lake Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake City Air Force Station">Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Cruces_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Cruces Air Force Station">Las Cruces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Vegas Air Force Station">Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewistown_Air_Force_Station" title="Lewistown Air Force Station">Lewistown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lockport_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lockport Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lufkin_Air_Force_Station" title="Lufkin Air Force Station">Lufkin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lyndonville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyndonville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lyndonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_Air_Force_Station" title="Madera Air Force Station">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makah_Air_Force_Station" title="Makah Air Force Station">Makah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mica_Peak_Air_Force_Station" title="Mica Peak Air Force Station">Mica Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miles_City_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miles City Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Miles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill Valley Air Force Station">Mill Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Station" title="Minot Air Force Station">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montauk_Air_Force_Station" title="Montauk Air Force Station">Montauk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriarty_Air_Force_Station" title="Moriarty Air Force Station">Moriarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hebo_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Hebo Air Force Station">Mount Hebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Laguna_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Laguna Air Force Station">Mount Laguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Lemmon Air Force Station">Mount Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naselle_Air_Force_Station" title="Naselle Air Force Station">Naselle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bend_Air_Force_Station" title="North Bend Air Force Station">North Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston_Air_Force_Station" title="North Charleston Air Force Station">North Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Truro_Air_Force_Station" title="North Truro Air Force Station">North Truro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Oklahoma City Air Force Station">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olathe_Air_Force_Station" title="Olathe Air Force Station">Olathe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Air_Force_Station" title="Omaha Air Force Station">Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opheim_Air_Force_Station" title="Opheim Air Force Station">Opheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_Air_Force_Station" title="Osceola Air Force Station">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othello_Air_Force_Station" title="Othello Air Force Station">Othello</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owingsville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Owingsville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Owingsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozona_Air_Force_Station" title="Ozona Air Force Station">Ozona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo_Air_Force_Station" title="Palermo Air Force Station">Palermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Arena_Air_Force_Station" title="Point Arena Air Force Station">Point Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Austin_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Austin Air Force Station">Port Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Isabel_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Isabel Air Force Station">Port Isabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyote_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyote Air Force Station">Pyote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Bluff_Air_Force_Station" title="Red Bluff Air Force Station">Red Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Air_Force_Station" title="Rochester Air Force Station">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockport_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockport Air Force Station">Rockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockville Air Force Station">Rockville (Indiana)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roslyn_Air_National_Guard_Station" title="Roslyn Air National Guard Station">Roslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_Air_Force_Station" title="Rye Air Force Station">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Albans_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Albans Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Saint Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Clemente_Island_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="San Clemente Island Air Force Station">San Clemente Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station">Santa Rosa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Saratoga Springs Air Force Station">Saratoga Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Sault Ste Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station" title="Eareckson Air Station">Shemya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling" title="Fort Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" title="Snow Mountain Air Force Station">Snow Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetwater_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweetwater Air Force Station">Sweetwater</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texarkana_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texarkana Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tierra_Amarilla_Air_Force_Station" title="Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station">Tierra Amarilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville_Air_Force_Station" title="Thomasville Air Force Station">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonopah_Air_Force_Station" title="Tonopah Air Force Station">Tonopah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsham_Air_Force_Station" title="Topsham Air Force Station">Topsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Creeks_Air_Force_Station" title="Two Creeks Air Force Station">Two Creeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadena_Air_Force_Station" title="Wadena Air Force Station">Wadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Ridge_Air_Force_Station" title="Walnut Ridge Air Force Station">Walnut Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown_Air_Force_Station" title="Watertown Air Force Station">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waverly_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waverly Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Waverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Mesa_Air_Force_Station" title="West Mesa Air Force Station">West Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Run_Air_Force_Station" title="Willow Run Air Force Station">Willow Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnemucca_Air_Force_Station" title="Winnemucca Air Force Station">Winnemucca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_Air_Force_Station" title="Winslow Air Force Station">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_Air_Force_Station" title="Winston-Salem Air Force Station">Winston-Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Woomera Airfield">Woomera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaak_Air_Force_Station" title="Yaak Air Force Station">Yaak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zapata_Air_Force_Station" title="Zapata Air Force Station">Zapata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Armstrong" title="CFS Armstrong">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Baldy_Hughes" title="CFS Baldy Hughes">Baldy Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beausejour" title="CFS Beausejour">Beausejour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Makkovik_Air_Station" title="Cape Makkovik Air Station">Cape Makkovik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartwright_Air_Station" title="Cartwright Air Station">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Throat_Island_Air_Station" title="Cut Throat Island Air Station">Cut Throat Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliston_Ridge_Air_Station" title="Elliston Ridge Air Station">Elliston Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Harbour_Air_Station" title="Fox Harbour Air Station">Fox Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hofn_Air_Station" title="Hofn Air Station">Hofn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopedale_Air_Station" title="Hopedale Air Station">Hopedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Kamloops" title="CFS Kamloops">Kamloops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Scie_Air_Station" title="La Scie Air Station">La Scie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langanes_Air_Station" title="Langanes Air Station">Langanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrar_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Latrar Air Station">Latrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Air_Station" title="Melville Air Station">Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCAF_Station_Puntzi_Mountain" title="RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain">Puntzi Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Ramore" title="CFS Ramore">Ramore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cliff_Air_Station" title="Red Cliff Air Station">Red Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Station_(Iceland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockville Air Station (Iceland)">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Saglek" title="CFS Saglek">Saglek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Air_Station" title="Saint Anthony Air Station">St. Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beaverlodge" title="CFS Beaverlodge">Saskatoon Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Sioux_Lookout" title="CFS Sioux Lookout">Sioux Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Island_Air_Station" title="Spotted Island Air Station">Spotted Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenville_Air_Station" title="Stephenville Air Station">Stephenville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air<br />Defense<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Defense_Force" title="Central Air Defense Force">Central Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Defense_Force" title="Eastern Air Defense Force">Eastern Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Group" title="85th Group">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Defense_Force" title="Western Air Defense Force">Western Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air<br />Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8th_Air_Division" title="8th Air Division">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Space_Division" title="9th Space Division">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Air_Division" title="20th Air Division">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Air_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Air Division (United States)">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Air_Division" title="24th Air Division">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Division" title="25th Air Division">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Division" title="26th Air Division">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Air_Division" title="27th Air Division">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Air_Division" title="28th Air Division">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Air_Division" title="29th Air Division">29th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Air_Division" title="30th Air Division">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Air_Division" title="31st Air Division">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Division">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="33rd Air Division">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Air_Division" title="34th Air Division">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Air_Division" title="35th Air Division">35th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Air_Division" title="37th Air Division">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Air Division">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Air_Division" title="85th Air Division">85th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sectors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Albuquerque Air Defense Sector">Albuquerque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Bangor Air Defense Sector">Bangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Boston Air Defense Sector">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Chicago Air Defense Sector">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Detroit Air Defense Sector">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Duluth Air Defense Sector">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Goose Air Defense Sector">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Grand Forks Air Defense Sector">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Falls_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Great Falls Air Defense Sector">Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Kansas City Air Defense Sector">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Air Defense Sector">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Minot Air Defense Sector">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery Air Defense Sector">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Air Defense Sector">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Phoenix Air Defense Sector">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Portland Air Defense Sector">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reno_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Reno Air Defense Sector">Reno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector">Sault Sainte Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Air_Defense_Sector" title="San Francisco Air Defense Sector">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Air Defense Sector">Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sioux City Air Defense Sector">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Spokane Air Defense Sector">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart Air Defense Sector">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Syracuse Air Defense Sector">Syracuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Washington Air Defense Sector">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Space_Wing" title="50th Space Wing">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Fighter Wing">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="78th Fighter Wing">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Interceptor_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Fighter_Wing" title="325th Fighter Wing">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="328th Fighter Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="507th Fighter Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Detection and Control <a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Space Group">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Electronic_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="551st Electronic Systems Wing">551st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/552d_Air_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="552d Air Control Wing">552d</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/46th_Test_Wing" title="46th Test Wing">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4620th Air Defense Wing">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4621st_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4621st Air Defense Wing">4621st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4622d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4622d Air Defense Wing">4622d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4624th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4624th Air Defense Wing">4624th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4625th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4625th Air Defense Wing">4625th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4627th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4627th Air Defense Wing">4627th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4628th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4628th Air Defense Wing">4628th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4683d_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4683d Air Defense Wing">4683d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4700th Air Defense Wing">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4702d_Defense_Wing" title="4702d Defense Wing">4702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4703d_Defense_Wing" title="4703d Defense Wing">4703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4704th_Defense_Wing" title="4704th Defense Wing">4704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4705th_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4705th Defense Wing">4705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4706th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4706th Air Defense Wing">4706th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4707th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4707th Air Defense Wing">4707th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4708th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4708th Air Defense Wing">4708th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4709th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4709th Air Defense Wing">4709th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4710th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4710th Air Defense Wing">4710th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4711th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4711th Air Defense Wing">4711th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4750th Air Defense Wing">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4751st_Air_Defense_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4751st Air Defense Missile Wing">4751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4752d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4752d Air Defense Wing">4752d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4756th Air Defense Wing">4756th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4780th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4780th Air Defense Wing">4780th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fighter Group">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Group" title="4th Fighter Group">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Wing" title="15th Wing">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Fighter Group">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Wing">53d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Fighter-Interceptor Group">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="79th Fighter Group">79th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" title="81st Fighter-Bomber Group">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Operations Group">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="84th Fighter Group">84th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Operations_Group" title="325th Operations Group">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="326th Fighter Group">326th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/327th_Aircraft_Sustainment_Wing" title="327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing">327th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Armament_Systems_Wing" title="328th Armament Systems Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/329th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="329th Fighter-Interceptor Group">329th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="337th Fighter Group">337th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343d_Wing" title="343d Wing">343d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="408th Fighter Group">408th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412th_Test_Wing" title="412th Test Wing">412th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414th_Fighter_Group" title="414th Fighter Group">414th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/473d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="473d Fighter Group">473d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Weapons_Evaluation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Weapons Evaluation Group">475th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/476th_Fighter_Group" title="476th Fighter Group">476th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/478th_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" title="478th Aeronautical Systems Wing">478th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/10th_Aerospace_Defense_Group" title="10th Aerospace Defense Group">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Defense_Group" title="500th Air Defense Group">500th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="501st Air Defense Group">501st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/502d_Air_Defense_Group" title="502d Air Defense Group">502d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/503d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Air Defense Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/514th_Air_Defense_Group" title="514th Air Defense Group">514th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/515th_Air_Defense_Group" title="515th Air Defense Group">515th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/516th_Air_Defense_Group" title="516th Air Defense Group">516th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/517th_Air_Defense_Group" title="517th Air Defense Group">517th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/518th_Air_Defense_Group" title="518th Air Defense Group">518th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/519th_Air_Defense_Group" title="519th Air Defense Group">519th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/520th_Air_Defense_Group" title="520th Air Defense Group">520th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">521st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/525th_Air_Defense_Group" title="525th Air Defense Group">525th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/527th_Air_Defense_Group" title="527th Air Defense Group">527th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/528th_Air_Defense_Group" title="528th Air Defense Group">528th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/529th_Air_Defense_Group" title="529th Air Defense Group">529th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/530th_Air_Defense_Group" title="530th Air Defense Group">530th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/533d_Air_Defense_Group" title="533d Air Defense Group">533d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/534th_Air_Defense_Group" title="534th Air Defense Group">534th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Air_Defense_Group" title="564th Air Defense Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Air_Defense_Group" title="566th Air Defense Group">566th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/567th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="567th Air Defense Group">567th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/568th_Air_Defense_Group" title="568th Air Defense Group">568th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/575th_Air_Defense_Group" title="575th Air Defense Group">575th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/637th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="637th Air Defense Group">637th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/665th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="665th Air Defense Group">665th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/678th_Air_Defense_Group" title="678th Air Defense Group">678th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/692d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="692d Air Defense Group">692d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/701st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="701st Air Defense Group">701st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="751st Air Defense Group">751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="762d Air Defense Group">762d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="765th Air Defense Group">765th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="778th Air Defense Group">778th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/780th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="780th Air Defense Group">780th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/827th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="827th Air Defense Group">827th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/858th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="858th Air Defense Group">858th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4606th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4606th Air Defense Group">4606th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4620th Air Defense Group">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4676th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4676th Air Defense Group">4676th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4700th Air Defense Group">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4721st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4721st Air Defense Group">4721st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4722d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4722d Air Defense Group">4722d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4727th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4727th Air Defense Group">4727th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4728th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4728th Air Defense Group">4728th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4729th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4729th Air Defense Group">4729th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4730th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4730th Air Defense Group">4730th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4731st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4731st Air Defense Group">4731st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4732d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4732d Air Defense Group">4732d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4733d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4733d Air Defense Group">4733d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4734th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4734th Air Defense Group">4734th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4735th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4735th Air Defense Group">4735th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4750th Air Defense Group">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4756th Air Defense Group">4756th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Aircraft Control & Warning <a href="/wiki/503d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/505th_Command_and_Control_Wing" title="505th Command and Control Wing">505th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/540th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">540th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/541st_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group">541st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/542d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">542d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/543d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">543d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">544th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/545th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">545th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/546th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">546th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/563d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="563d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">563d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="564th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/565th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="565th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">565th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="566th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">566th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Defense_Command_Fighter_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons">Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons">Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Electronic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">TB-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">EB-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star" title="Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star">EC-121</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Propeller:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Subsonic Jet:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">P-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">F-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">F-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">F-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-94_Starfire" title="Lockheed F-94 Starfire">F-94</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Supersonic Jet:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">F-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-106</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">AIM-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-26_Falcon" title="AIM-26 Falcon">AIM-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIR-2_Genie" title="AIR-2 Genie">AIR-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CIM-10_Bomarc" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc">CIM-10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Guardian_(YAGR-1)" title="USS Guardian (YAGR-1)">Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Interceptor_(AGR-8)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Interceptor (AGR-8)">Interceptor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Interdictor_(AGR-13)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Interdictor (AGR-13)">Interdictor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Interpreter_(AGR-14)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Interpreter (AGR-14)">Interpreter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Investigator_(AGR-9)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Investigator (AGR-9)">Investigator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Locator_(AGR-6)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Locator (AGR-6)">Locator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lookout_(YAGR-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Lookout (YAGR-2)">Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Outpost_(AGR-10)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Outpost (AGR-10)">Outpost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Picket_(YAGR-7)" title="USS Picket (YAGR-7)">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Protector_(AGR-11)" title="USS Protector (AGR-11)">Protector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scanner_(AGR-5)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Scanner (AGR-5)">Scanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Searcher_(AGR-4)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Searcher (AGR-4)">Searcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Skywatcher_(AGR-3)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Skywatcher (AGR-3)">Skywatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tracer_(AGR-15)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Tracer (AGR-15)">Tracer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Watchman_(AGR-16)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Watchman (AGR-16)">Watchman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vigil_(AGR-12)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Vigil (AGR-12)">Vigil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Towers" title="Texas Towers">Texas Towers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tower_2" title="Texas Tower 2">Texas Tower 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tower_3" title="Texas Tower 3">Texas Tower 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tower_4" title="Texas Tower 4">Texas Tower 4</a></li></ul> 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Morocco</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berguent_Airfield" title="Berguent Airfield">Berguent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casablanca-Anfa_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Casablanca-Anfa Airport">Casablanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guercif_Airfield" title="Guercif Airfield">Guercif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Gentil_Field" title="Louis Gentil Field">Louis Gentil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marnia_Airfield" title="Marnia Airfield">Marnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9diouna_Airfield" title="Médiouna Airfield">Médiouna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_V_International_Airport" title="Mohammed V International Airport">Nouasser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Port_Lyautey" title="Naval Air Station Port Lyautey">Port Lyautey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angads_Airport" title="Angads Airport">Oujda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Royal_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="First Royal Air Force Base">Rabat Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_el_Ma_Airfield" title="Ras el Ma Airfield">Ras el Ma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Algeria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ain_M%27lila_Airfield" title="Ain M'lila Airfield">Ain M'lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berteaux_Airfield" title="Berteaux Airfield">Berteaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biskra_Airport" title="Biskra Airport">Biskra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canrobert_Airfield" title="Canrobert Airfield">Canrobert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield">Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Boudiaf_International_Airport" title="Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport">Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Es_S%C3%A9nia_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Oran Es Sénia Airport">Es Sénia (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houari_Boumediene_Airport" title="Houari Boumediene Airport">Maison Blanche (Algiers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostaganem_Airport" title="Mostaganem Airport">Matemore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montesquieu_Airfield" title="Montesquieu Airfield">Montesquieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouvion_Airfield" title="Nouvion Airfield">Nouvion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orleansville_Airfield" title="Orleansville Airfield">Orleansville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skikda_Airport" title="Skikda Airport">Philippeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relizane_Airport" title="Relizane Airport">Relizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rerhaia_Airfield" title="Rerhaia Airfield">Rerhaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Donat_Airfield" title="Saint-Donat Airfield">Saint-Donat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Leu_Airfield" title="Saint-Leu Airfield">Saint-Leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ain_Beida_Airport" title="Ain Beida Airport">Sedrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Barbe_du_Tl%C3%A9lat_Airfield" title="Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat Airfield">Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Tafraoui_Airport" title="Oran Tafraoui Airport">Tafaraoui (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheikh_Larbi_T%C3%A9bessi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheikh Larbi Tébessi Airport">Tébessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telergma_Airport" title="Telergma Airport">Telergma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghriss_Airport" title="Ghriss Airport">Thiersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youks-les-Bains_Airfield" title="Youks-les-Bains Airfield">Youks-les-Bains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Tunisia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bizerte-Sidi_Ahmed_Air_Base" title="Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base">Bizerte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar_el_Koudia_Airfield" title="Dar el Koudia Airfield">Dar el Koudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depienne_Airfield" title="Depienne Airfield">Depienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedeida_Airfield" title="Djedeida Airfield">Djedeida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djilma_Airfield" title="Djilma Airfield">Djilma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebba_Ksour_Airfield" title="Ebba Ksour Airfield">Ebba Ksour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Bathan_Airfield" title="El Bathan Airfield">El Bathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfidaville_Airfield" title="Enfidaville Airfield">Enfidaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goubrine_Airfield" title="Goubrine Airfield">Goubrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grombalia_Airfield" title="Grombalia Airfield">Grombalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korba_Airfield" title="Korba Airfield">Korba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunis-Carthage_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunis-Carthage International Airport">La Marsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Sebala_Airfield" title="La Sebala Airfield">La Sebala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sers_Airfield" title="Le Sers Airfield">Le Sers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borj_El_Amri_Airport" title="Borj El Amri Airport">Massicault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mateur_Airfield" title="Mateur Airfield">Mateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Temime_Airfield" title="Menzel Temime Airfield">Menzel Temime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastir_Habib_Bourguiba_International_Airport" title="Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport">Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudna_Airfield" title="Oudna Airfield">Oudna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Fahs_Airfield" title="Pont du Fahs Airfield">Pont du Fahs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protville_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protville Airfield (page does not exist)">Protville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte_Marie_du_Zit_Airfield" title="Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield">Sainte Marie du Zit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Arba_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Arba Airfield">Souk-el-Arba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Khemis_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Khemis Airfield">Souk-el-Khemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soliman_Airfield" title="Soliman Airfield">Soliman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousse_Airfield" title="Sousse Airfield">Sousse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelepte_Airfield" title="Thelepte Airfield">Thelepte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrigento_Airfield" title="Agrigento Airfield">Agrigento (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnoli_Airfield" title="Bagnoli Airfield">Bagnoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona Landing Ground">Barcelona LG (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo-Boccadifalco_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport">Boccadifalco (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borizzo_Airfield" title="Borizzo Airfield">Borizzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples Airport">Capodichino (Naples)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_Volturno_Airfield" title="Castel Volturno Airfield">Castel Volturno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelvetrano_Airfield" title="Castelvetrano Airfield">Castelvetrano (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassibile_Airfield" title="Cassibile Airfield">Cassibile (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattolica_Airfield" title="Cattolica Airfield">Cattolica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catania-Fontanarossa_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Catania-Fontanarossa Airport">Catania (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercola_Airfield" title="Cercola Airfield">Cercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comiso_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Comiso Airfield">Comiso (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_Ciampino_Airport" title="Rome Ciampino Airport">Ciampino (Rome)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervia_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervia Air Force Base">Cesenatico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decimomannu_Air_Base" title="Decimomannu Air Base">Decimomannu (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagliari-Elmas_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagliari-Elmas Airport">Elmas (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconara_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Falconara Airport">Falconara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Fano Airport">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Airport" title="Florence Airport">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follonica_Airfield" title="Follonica Airfield">Follonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudo_Airfield" title="Gaudo Airfield">Gaudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerbini_Airfield" title="Gerbini Airfield">Gerbini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Air_Base" title="Gioia del Colle Air Base">Gioia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosseto_Airport" title="Grosseto Airport">Grosseto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Grottaglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iesi_Airfield" title="Iesi Airfield">Iesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Banca_Airfield" title="Le Banca Airfield">Le Banca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lecce_Airfield" title="Lecce Airfield">Lecce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licata_Airfield" title="Licata Airfield">Licata (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manduria_Airfield" title="Manduria Airfield">Manduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcianise_Airfield" title="Marcianise Airfield">Marcianise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siena-Ampugnano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Siena-Ampugnano Airport">Malignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzara_Airfield" title="Mazzara Airfield">Mazzara (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milazzo_Airfield" title="Milazzo Airfield">Milazzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina_Airfield" title="Messina Airfield">Messina (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montalto_Di_Castro_Airfield" title="Montalto Di Castro Airfield">Montalto Di Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettuno_Airfield" title="Nettuno Airfield">Nettuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salerno_Costa_d%27Amalfi_Airport" title="Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport">Montecorvino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ombrene_Airfield" title="Ombrene Airfield">Ombrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbetello_Airfield" title="Orbetello Airfield">Orbetello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paestum_Airfield" title="Paestum Airfield">Paestum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisa_International_Airport" title="Pisa International Airport">Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria_Airport" title="Pantelleria Airport">Pantelleria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pignataro_Maggiore_Airfield" title="Pignataro Maggiore Airfield">Pignataro Maggiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piombino_Airfield" title="Piombino Airfield">Piombino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Galeria_Airfield" title="Ponte Galeria Airfield">Ponte Galeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontedera_Airfield" title="Pontedera Airfield">Pontedera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeii_Airfield" title="Pompeii Airfield">Pompeii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Olivo_Airfield" title="Ponte Olivo Airfield">Ponte Olivo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria_Airport" title="Reggio Calabria Airport">Reggio Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocca_Bernardo_Airfield" title="Rocca Bernardo Airfield">Rocca Bernardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosia_Airfield" title="Rosia Airfield">Rosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pancrazio_Airfield" title="San Pancrazio Airfield">San Pancrazio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airfield" title="Santa Maria Airfield">Santa Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scordia_Airfield" title="Scordia Airfield">Scordia (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sele_Airfield" title="Sele Airfield">Sele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serretella_Airfield" title="Serretella Airfield">Serretella</a></li> <li><a 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title="47th Air Division">47th Bombardment (7th Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">51st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Fighter Wing (World War II)">62d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Fighter Wing (World War II)">63d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Fighter Wing (World War II)">87th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Air_Division" title="90th 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