"The 10th Air Division assumed responsibility for the air defense of Alaska south of the Alaskan Range on 1 November 1950.

Subordinate units flew numerous interception and training missions.

Between June 1957 and March 1960, the division operated and maintained Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, plus several smaller installations.

"[1] Per saltire, sable, gules, vert and or, saltire argent between in chief a jet aircraft in flight above two mountain peaks all of the last, in the flanks an anti aircraft gun and a radar antenna directed outward all of the first fimbriated silver, in base five electric flashes issuing from the apex of radio tower all black.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency