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00888487 SECRET 2447528 01-01-1989 2447892 12-31-1989
DIVISION/0830/AIR
HISTORY K-DIV-830-HI V.1 VOL I OF VI 27063 1047 1337 43 2448968 12-11-1992 ON 1 JAN 89, UNITED STATES SOUTHERN AIR DIVISION REDESIGNATED 830 AIR DIVISION (AD) AND RELOCATED FROM HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE (AFB), CANAL ZONE, TO ALBROOK AIR FORCE STATION (AFS). WITH REDESIGNATION, ACRONYM USAFSO CEASED TO EXIST. 24 COMPOSITE WING ACTIVATED AT HOWARD AFB. BRIG GEN ROBIN G. TORNOW ASSUMED COMMAND OF 830 AD AND COL LANSFORD E. TRAPP JR ASSUMED COMMAND OF WING. UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND AIR FORCES FORWARD CREATED AS PART OF DIVISION. DIVISION ALSO INCLUDED DIRECTORATE FOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, SYSTEM OF COOPERATION AMONG AMERICAN AIR FORCES, AND 4402 SUPPORT SQUADRON (PROVISIONAL) LOCATED AT SOTO CAN AIR BASE, HONDURAS. INTERAMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY TRANSFERRED FROM DIVISION TO HOMESTEAD AFB FL 1 OCT 89. DRAWDOWN BEGUN IN 1988 CONTINUED INTO 1989; TOUR LENGTHS REDUCED. WING'S AIRCRAFT INVENTORY INCREASED FROM 18 TO 21 AND 24 TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT SQUADRON (TASS) TRAINING PROGRAM CONTINUED. WING PERSONNEL AND ASSETS DEPLOYED TO SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES UNDER DEPLOYMENT TRAINING EXERCISE PROGRAM. FLYING ACTIVITY INCLUDED CORONET COVE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD (ANG) A-7 AIRCRAFT ROTATIONAL PROGRAM. ANG AND AIR FORCE RESERVE (AFRES) UNITS PARTICIPATED IN VOLANT OAK PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED SEARCH AND RESCUE, AEROMEDICAL MISSIONS, AND DISASTER RELIEF TO ANTIGUA FOLLOWING HURRICANE HUGO. EVERGREEN AVIATION (CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR) OPERATED CASA C-212 AIRCRAFT FROM HOWARD AFB; PLANS INITIATED FOR REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT. 630 AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON REDESIGNATED 630 RADAR SQUADRON. AIR DIVISION AND WING BECAME MORE INVOLVED IN COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS. ALBROOK AFS HOSTED PREPLAN XXIX IN PREPARATION FOR CONJEFAMER (CONFERENCE OF CHIEFS OF AMERICAN AIR FORCES). EXCHANGE PROGRAM INCLUDED OFFICERS FROM CHILE, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, MEXICO, VENEZUELA AND PERU. 830 AD PERSONNEL PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION JUST CAUSE (INVASION OF PANAMA) IN NUMEROUS WAYS. NOFORN ORCON/OTHER WING/0024/COMPOSITE