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4702nd Air Defense Wing
Air Defense Command

The 4702nd Defense Wing (Def Wg) is a discontinued

9th Air Division
.

History

84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89C Scorpion at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 1952.

The 4702nd Def Wg was organized on 1 February 1952 at

78th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (FIW),[5] both of which were flying Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft.[6] The support elements of the 78th FIW were replaced at Hamilton by the wing's 566th Air Base Group (ABG) the same day.[7] The wing's mission was to train and maintain tactical units in a state of combat readiness to intercept enemy aircraft attempting to penetrate the air defense system.[8] However, the wing was initially unable to perform its mission satisfactorily due to problems with its F-89s.[9]

In July 1952, the 83d FIS moved from Hamilton AFB to

Geiger Field, Washington[1] and the wing's units at Hamilton, the 566th ABG and the 84th FIS, were reassigned to the 28th Air Division.[4][7] As a result of this move, the wing temporarily lost all of its operational units, but it assumed USAF host responsibility for Geiger Field through its newly assigned 87th Air Base Squadron, already stationed there.[10]

In January 1953, the wing once again assumed an operational mission, when the

F-94 Starfires were added later in the year, although the 82d FIS soon deployed overseas.[14] Oddly, no fighter squadron at Geiger was ever assigned directly to the wing while wing headquarters was there. In another major ADC reorganization the following month, the wing assumed responsibility for the aircraft detection, warning and control mission with the assignment of the dispersed 636th-638th and 760th Aircraft Warning & Control (AC&W) Squadrons.[15][16] and as ADC reorganized its fighter units, the 530th Air Defense Group, with two additional F-86 squadrons activated and also assumed host responsibilities for Geiger Field.[17] The wing also added the 680th AC&W Sq, as well as five nationalized Air National Guard (ANG) AC&W Squadrons at Geiger Field.[18] Later in 1953, the ANG squadrons were returned to ANG control and four of them were replaced by the regular USAF 682nd-685th AC&W Squadrons.[18] These squadrons moved to other stations by the start of 1954 and were assigned to other ADC organizations.[18]

The wing was discontinued in October 1954

9th Air Division (Defense), which was activated at Geiger.[19]

Lineage

  • Designated as the 4702nd Defense Wing and organized on 1 February 1952
Discontinued on 8 October 1954

Assignments

Components

Groups

  • 530th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953 – 8 October 1954
  • 566th Air Base Group, 6 February 1952 – 7 November 1952

Radar Squadrons

Stations

  • Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 1 February 1952
  • Geiger Field, Washington, 7 November 1952 – 8 October 1954

Commanders

  • Col. T.W. Steed, 1 February 1952 - 7 Nov 1952[8]
  • Col. Joe H. Crakes, 7 November 1952 - unknown[28]
  • Col. Harrison R. Thyng, 14 August 1954 - 8 October 1954[29]

Aircraft

  • F-86D, 1953-1954
  • F-89B, 1952
  • F-89D, 1953
  • F-94B, 1953

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. ^ Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126, p. 33
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-405-12194-6
    .
  4. ^ a b Maurer, p. 293
  5. ISBN 0-912799-12-9
    .
  6. ^ Cornett & Johnson pp. 119-120
  7. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 85
  8. ^ a b Abstract, History of 4702nd Def Wg, Jan-Mar 1952 (accessed 15 Feb 2012)
  9. ^ Abstract, History of 4702nd Def Wg, Apr-Jun 1952 (accessed 15 Feb 2012)
  10. ^ Abstract, History of 4702nd Def Wg, Jan-Jun 1953 (accessed 15 Feb 2012)
  11. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 392
  12. ^ Maurer, p. 398
  13. ^ Maurer, p. 53
  14. ^ a b Maurer, p. 287
  15. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 99
  16. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 155
  17. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 83
  18. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, pp. 94-96
  19. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 53
  20. ^ AFHRA Factsheet, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 3 Mar 2012)
  21. ^ AFHRA Factsheet, 84th Flying Training Squadron (accessed 6 Mar 2012)
  22. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 94
  23. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 95
  24. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 96
  25. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 97
  26. ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson, p. 160
  27. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 165
  28. ^ Abstract, History of 4702nd Def Wg, Nov-Dec 1952 (accessed 15 Feb 2012)
  29. ^ Abstract, History of 4702nd Def Wg, Jul-Oct 1954 (accessed 15 Feb 2012)

Bibliography

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