530th Air Defense Group

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530th Air Defense Group
Air defense

The 530th Air Defense Group is a disbanded

301st Bombardment Group at the end of World War II
in Italy and then redeployed to the United States where it continued to support the 301st until it was inactivated in 1945.

The group was activated as the 530th Air Defense Group once again in 1953, when

84th Fighter Group
in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II.

History

World War II

The

Pyote Army Air Field before all units at Pyote were inactivated in late 1945.[3] The 530th was disbanded in 1948.[4]

Cold War

During the

445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated at Geiger and assigned to the group.[10]

In July 1954, the 440th FIS moved overseas and was reassigned away from the group.

Air Defense Command's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.[14] The group was disbanded again in 1984.[15]

Lineage

  • Constituted as 530th Air Service Group on 16 December 1944
Activated on 18 May 1945
Inactivated on 17 October 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948[4]
  • Reconstituted and redesignated 530th Air Defense Group on 21 January 1953
Activated on 16 February 1953[5]
Inactivated on 18 August 1955[5]
Disbanded on 27 September 1984[15]

Assignments

  • Unknown, 1 June 1945[b]
  • 20th Bombardment Wing (later VIII Bomber Command), c. July 1945 – 17 October 1945
  • 4702d Defense Wing, 16 February 1953[5]
  • 9th Air Division 8 October 1954 – 18 August 1955[5]

Stations

  • Foggia, Italy, 1 June 1945 – c. July 1945[c]
  • Unknown, 1945, [d] 18 May 1945
  • Mountain Home Army Air Field, Idaho 17 August 1945[16][e]
  • Pyote Army Airfield,[3] 23 August 1945 – 17 October 1945
  • Geiger Field, Washington, 16 February 1953 – 18 August 1955[5]

Components

Aircraft

  • North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1955[8][11]

See also

  • Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
  • List of F-86 Sabre units

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. Geiger Field in February 1955. Aircraft is North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre, serial 52-3840. This aircraft served until August 1960. It is on display at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Baugher, Joe (7 April 2023). "1953 USAF Serial Numbers"
    . Joe Baugher. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Probably XV Air Force Service Command.
  3. ^ Foggia was a center for Fifteenth Air Force heavy bombardment units. A complex of airfields was located nearby, and station information for the period is inconsistent. Lucera Airfield was also Foggia Airfield No. 12. Units stationed there are sometimes shown as located at Foggia, rather than Lucera.
  4. ^ Possibly Lucera, Italy.
  5. ^ The reference shows the group's subordinate units only.
Citations
  1. ^ a b Coleman, p. 208
  2. ^ a b c "Abstract, History 530 Air Service Group Jun 1945". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Abstract, History 530 Air Service Group Aug–Sep 1945". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b Department of the Air Force Letter, 322 (AFOOR 887e), 8 October 1948, Subject: Disbandment of Certain Inactive Air Force Units
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Cornett & Johnson, p. 83
  6. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 147
  7. ^ a b c "Abstract, History 9 Air Division Oct–Dec 1954". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d Maurer, p. 545
  9. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p.128
  10. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 551
  11. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 130
  12. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 624
  13. ^ Maurer, p. 150
  14. ^ Buss, Sturm, Volan, & McMullen, p.6
  15. ^ a b Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 575q, 27 Sep 1984, Subject: Disbandment of Units
  16. ^ Mueller, p. 431
  17. ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (18 December 2007). "Factsheet 445 Flight Test Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

Bibliography

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