Glasgow Air Force Base

For the civil use of this facility and airport information, see Glasgow Industrial Airport.

Glasgow Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base near Glasgow, Montana. It operated from 1957 to 1968 and again from 1971 through 1976.

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Part of Strategic Air Command/Air Defense Command
St. Marie, Valley County, near Glasgow, Montana
USGS aerial photo as of 2006. Note the "Christmas tree" at bottom right.
Site information
Type	Air Force base
Location
Glasgow AFB
Coordinates	48°25′16″N 106°31′40″W
Site history
Built	1957
In use	1957–1968 1971–1976

13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo 57-0336 Glasgow AFB, Montana September 1962

Strategic Air Command B-52D Stratofortress (AF Serial No. 56-0582) being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker (AF Serial No. 55-3127)

Major commands to which assigned

• Air Defense Command, 8 February 1957 – 1 April 1960

Remained as tenant unit until 30 June 1968

Central Air Defense Force, 2 July 1959

29th Air Division (Defense), 1 April 1960

Minot Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1961 – 30 June 1968

• Strategic Air Command, 1 April 1960 – 30 June 1968; 30 September 1971 – 30 September 1976

Fifteenth Air Force

810th Strategic Aerospace Division, 1 July 1962 – 1 July 1963; 1 July 1966 – 30 June 1968

18th Strategic Aerospace Division, 1 July 1963 – 1 September 1964

821st Strategic Aerospace Division, 15 February 1962 – 1 July 1962; 1 September 1964 – 1 July 1966

Major units assigned

Diagram of a Christmas tree at Glasgow, with the mole hole in the lower right-hand corner

• 476th Fighter Group (Defense), 8 February 1957 – 30 June 1968

Not equipped, 8 February 1957 – 2 July 1959

13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 2 July 1959 – 30 June 1968 (F-101B)

• 4141st Strategic Wing, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1963

Not equipped, 1 September 1958 – 1 February 1961

326th Bombardment Squadron, 1 February 1961 – 1 February 1963 (B-52C)

• 91st Bombardment Wing 18 November 1962 – 30 June 1968

322d Bombardment Squadron, 1 February 1963 – 25 June 1968 (B-52C/D)

Detached to Advanced Echelon, 3d Air Division: 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968

(deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam for Arc Light Missions)

(deployed to Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa for Operation Port Bow; 5 February – 30 April 1968)

Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968

907th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 July 1963 – 25 June 1968 (KC-135A)

Detached to Advanced Echelon, 3d Air Division: 11 September 1966 – 31 March 1967; 5 February – 30 April 1968

(deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa)

Not operational: 1 May – 25 June 1968

• 4300th Air Base Squadron, 17 November 1971 – 30 September 1976

Detached from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, for dispersed B-52/KC-135 operations

Note: All aircraft deployed to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 April – 30 June 1964 due to runway repairs^[1]
References for commands and major units assigned:^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

See also

• List of military installations in Montana