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The8th Air Division (8th AD) is an inactiveUnited States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was withAir Defense Command , being stationed atMcClellan Air Force Base ,California . It was inactivated on 1 July 1957.
The 8th AD was established in 1949. Its initial assignment was the air defense of North and South Carolina under Fourteenth Air Force. It was inactivated in 1950 with its air defense mission taken over byEastern Air Defense Force .
In 1954 it was re-activated underWestern Air Defense Force with a mission of being the command and control organization forAirborne early warning and control (AEW&C) units of Air Defense Command. Its mission also included the training and equipping ofLockheed EC-121 Warning Star AEW&C units.
Division components flew early warning missions in "flying radar stations" off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States until its inactivation in July 1957, its mission being taken over directly by the Western Air Defense Force.[ 1]
Established as the8th Air Division (Tactical) on 7 April 1949 Activated on 1 May 1949. Inactivated on 1 August 1950 Redesignated8th Air Division (Airborne Early Warning and Control) on 19 April 1954 Activated on 1 May 1954 Inactivated on 1 July 1957[ 1] Wings
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McClellan Air Force Base, California McClellan Air Force Base, California 4701st Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron: 1 May 1954 – 8 March 1955 McClellan Air Force Base, California 4712th Airborne Early Warning and Control: 25 May 1954 – 8 March 1955. McClellan Air Force Base, California public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency