The 24th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). It was inactivated on 30 September 1990 at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York.
71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-106A with a SAC KC-135 in 1970
Image: USAF 24th Air Division Crest
24th Air Division/Northeast Air Defense Sector AOR, 1982–1990
The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Contiguous United States (CONUS), United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Since May 2022, it also provides the Air Force contribution to United States Space Command, as Air Forces Space (AFSPACE), including support functions for NASA human space flight.
Shield of Continental NORAD Region - Air Forces Northern and Air Forces Space
Image: Maj Gen Henry C. Morrow
Image: Garry C. Dean
Image: Stanley E. Clarke III