sentences:  Assumed additional designation 24th ADCOM Region, 8 December 1978
  In 1979 it was incorporated into Tactical Air Command with the inactivation of ADCOM as a major command.Under Air Defense Tactical Air Command it continued its mission until 15 April 1982 when it moved to Griffiss Air Force Base, New York and assumed responsibility for most of New England, the northern Mid-Atlantic States and the upper Midwest.In 1985 most active-duty units were inactivated or reassigned to other missions, and the air defense mission came under Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units under First Air Force.