33rd Air Division (United States)


The 33rd Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969.

History

The 33d Air Division had air defense responsibility for an area encompassing Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Mississippi in March 1951. It was inactivated in June 1961.
Activated again in 1966, replacing the Washington Air Defense Sector with its area changed to cover parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Assumed additional designation of 33d NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent Air Force Base in April 1966. The division supervised, administered, and trained its assigned units and, in doing so, participated in numerous live and simulated exercises.

Lineage

  • Established as the 33 Air Division on 5 March 1951
  • Organized on 1 February 1952
  • Redesignated 33 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966

    Assignments

  • Air Defense Command
  • Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
  • Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966

    Stations

  • Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 19 March 1951 – 8 May 1956
  • Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 8 May 1956
  • Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961
  • Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia 19 April 1966 – 19 November 1969

    Components

Sectors