00425733 5-2710-9 SECRET 2436751 07-01-1959 2437116 06-30-1960

DIVISION/0007/AIR

HISTORY K-DIV-7-HI V.1 VOL I OF IV 11148 P0401 1686 2046 37 2448472 08-03-1991 7 AIR DIVISION (7 AD) UNDERWENT INSPECTION AT ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) STATION, HIGH WYCOMBE, ENGLAND BY STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC) INSPECTOR GENERAL (IG) BETWEEN 24 AUG AND 4 SEP 59. PHASE/OUT OF 7 AD DIRECTORATE OF BALLISTIC MISSILES (AND ABSORPTION BY OTHER 7 AD STAFF AGENCIES OF ITS PERSONNEL AND RESPONSIBILITIES) TOOK PLACE ON 30 SEP 59. MODIFIED COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP ORGANIZATION WAS APPROVED FOR 7 AD AS OF 17 NOV 59. TRANSFER OF TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM OVERSEAS MONITORING AGENCY FROM 7 AD TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE) OCCURRED ON 1 JAN 60. MAJ GEN CHARLES B. WESTOVER REPLACED MAJ GEN WILLIAM H. BLANCHARD AS 7 AD COMMANDER EFFECTIVE 19 JAN 60. 7AD PERSONNEL PARTICIPATED IN RAF/UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) BOMBING COMPETITION FROM 1 TO 6 MAY 60. PHASE/OUT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE EUROPEAN TASK ORGANIZATION (BMETO) BECAME EFFECTIVE ON 30 JUN 60. 7 AD PERSONNEL PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS (SUCH AS: UNION DEPOT AND HIDDEN BOOTY EXERCISES) DURING PERIOD FROM JUL 59 THROUGH JUN 60. NOFORN RD INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH OF DIVISION COMMANDER (MAJ GEN CHARLES B. WESTOVER). ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS OF THOR (MISSILE) FACILITIES IN ENGLAND.