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| 29th Air Division | |
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| Active | 1951–1969 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Command ofair defense forces |
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The29th Air Division is an inactiveUnited States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was withAir Defense Command atDuluth International Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 15 November 1969.
Assigned toAir Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence, the division's mission was the air defense of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. By 1953, the area changed to include North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The 29th supervised the training of its units, and participated in numerous training exercises.[1]
The division moved fromRichards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, toDuluth International Airport, Minnesota, on 1 April 1966 as part of an ADC reorganization, the division's area changed to include Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin, and North Dakota, and later expanded to cover most of Iowa.[1] Assumed additional designation of29th NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at theCheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado and reporting was transferred toNORAD from ADC atEnt Air Force Base in April 1966 as the29th NORAD Region/Air Division on 1 April 1966, replacing theDuluth Air Defense Sector.
Inactivated in November 1969 as ADC phased down its interceptor mission as the chances of a Soviet bomber attack on the United States seemed remote, its mission being consolidated intoNorth American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)'s, 23d and 24th NORAD Regions/Air Divisions.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
