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The '''821st Strategic Aerospace Division''' (821st SAD) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] organization. Its last assignment was with [[Strategic Air Command]], assigned to [[Fifteenth Air Force]], being stationed at [[Ellsworth AFB]], [[South Dakota]]. It was inactivated on 30 Jun 1971.
The '''821st Strategic Aerospace Division''' (821st SAD) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] organization. Its last assignment was with [[Strategic Air Command]], assigned to [[Fifteenth Air Force]], being stationed at [[Ellsworth AFB]], [[South Dakota]]. It was inactivated on 30 Jun 1971.

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Activated in 1958 as an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command, providing command and control, manning, training, and equipping of [[B-52 Stratofortress]] Strategic Wings in the Upper Midwest United States for long range bombardment missions using either nuclear or conventional weapons. It also developed and maintained the capability for effective air refueling operations. Redesignated as a Strategic Aerospace Division in 1962 when Strategic Wings were inactivated and the command assumed control over Titan I Wings for strategic aerospace warfare using intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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Between 1966 and 1970, the division's subordinate units loaned B-52 and KC-135 aircraft and crews to Strategic Air Command organizations in [[Southeast Asia]] in support of [[Arc Light]] combat missions. The 821st conducted numerous staff assistance visits, and participated in tactical exercises such as Chrome Dome and Buckskin Rider.

Inactivated in 1971 as part of SAC's withdrawal from Southeast Asia and also as a result of budgetary reductions


== History ==
== History ==
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=== Assignments ===
=== Assignments ===
* [[Strategic Air Command]]
* [[Fifteenth Air Force]], 1 Jan 1959-30 Jun 1971.
: [[Fifteenth Air Force]], 1 Jan 1959-30 Jun 1971.


=== Stations ===
=== Stations ===
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=== Components ===
=== Components ===
'''Wings'''
'''Wings'''
* 28 Bombardment: 1 Jan 1959-30 Jun 1971
* [[90th Strategic Missile Wing]]: 2 Jul 1966-30 Jun 1971 ([[F. E. Warren AFB]])
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* [[91st Bombardment Wing]]: 1 Sep 1964-1 Jul 1966 ([[Glasgow AFB]])
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* 44 Strategic Missile: 1 Jan 1962-30 Jun 1971
* 90 Strategic Missile: 2 Jul 1966-30 Jun 1971
* [[44th Strategic Missile Wing]]: 1 Jan 1962-30 Jun 1971 ([[Ellsworth AFB]])
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* [[341st Strategic Missile Wing]]: 1 Jul 1962-1 Jul 1964 ([[Malmstrom AFB]])
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* 91 Bombardment: 1 Sep 1964-1 Jul 1966
* [[28th Bombardment Wing]]: 1 Jan 1959-30 Jun 1971 ([[Ellsworth AFB]])
* 341 Strategic Missile: 1 Jul 1962-1 Jul 1964
* 4133 Strategic: 1 Jan 1959-1 Jul 1962
* 4133d Strategic Wing: 1 Jan 1959-1 Jul 1962 ([[Grand Forks AFB]])
* 4136 Strategic: 1 Jan 1959-1 Jul 1962
* 4136th Strategic Wing: 1 Jan 1959-1 Jul 1962 ([[Minot AFB]])
* 4141 Strategic: 1 Jul 1959-1 Jul 1962
* 4141st Strategic Wing: 1 Jul 1959-1 Jul 1962 ([[Glasgow AFB]])


=== Aircraft ===
=== Aircraft ===
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* Minuteman I, 1963-1971
* Minuteman I, 1963-1971
* EC-135, 1965-1971.
* EC-135, 1965-1971.

=== Operational History===
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From Jan 1959-Jun 1971, the organization assured the manning, training, and equipping of assigned units for long range bombardment missions using either nuclear or conventional weapons. It also developed and maintained the capability for effective air refueling operations and strategic aerospace warfare using intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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Between 1966 and 1970, the division's subordinate units loaned aircraft and crews to Strategic Air Command organizations in Southeast Asia in support of Arc Light combat missions. The 821st conducted numerous staff assistance visits, and participated in tactical exercises such as Chrome Dome and Buckskin Rider.


== References ==
== References ==
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* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10170 821st Strategic Aerospace Division Factsheet]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Revision as of 19:45, 8 January 2010

821st Strategic Aerospace Division
Emblem of the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division
Active1959-1971
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleCommand and Control
Part ofStrategic Air Command

The 821st Strategic Aerospace Division (821st SAD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 30 Jun 1971.

Activated in 1958 as an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command, providing command and control, manning, training, and equipping of B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Wings in the Upper Midwest United States for long range bombardment missions using either nuclear or conventional weapons. It also developed and maintained the capability for effective air refueling operations. Redesignated as a Strategic Aerospace Division in 1962 when Strategic Wings were inactivated and the command assumed control over Titan I Wings for strategic aerospace warfare using intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Between 1966 and 1970, the division's subordinate units loaned B-52 and KC-135 aircraft and crews to Strategic Air Command organizations in Southeast Asia in support of Arc Light combat missions. The 821st conducted numerous staff assistance visits, and participated in tactical exercises such as Chrome Dome and Buckskin Rider.

Inactivated in 1971 as part of SAC's withdrawal from Southeast Asia and also as a result of budgetary reductions

History

Lineage

  • Established as 821 Air Division on 22 Aug 1958
Activated on 1 Jan 1959
Redesignated 821 Strategic Aerospace Division on 15 Feb 1962
Inactivated on 30 Jun 1971.

Assignments

Stations

Components

Wings

Aircraft

  • B-52, 1959-1971
  • KC-135, 1959-1971
  • KC-97, 1962-1964
  • Titan I, 1962-1965
  • Minuteman I, 1963-1971
  • EC-135, 1965-1971.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

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