Albuquerque Air Defense Sector
Albuquerque Air Defense Sector Air Defense Command | |
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Garrison/HQ | Kirtland Air Force Base |
The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector (AADS) is an inactive
History
The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector was activated on 1 January 1960 as a manual sector, lacking a
The mission of the AADS was to provide air defense for
The sector operated Manual Air-Defense Control Center (ADCC) (P-41), inherited from the 34th Air Division. A SAGE Direction Center was planned but never built.[12] On 1 November 1960 the Albuquerque ADS was inactivated[1] without gaining operational status when ADC ended command and control operations at Kirtland,[13] part of a reorganization of Air Defense Command against the new ballistic missile threat.[14]
The organizations under AADS were inactivated or transferred to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector before its inactivation, on 15 September. The 58th and 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons were transferred to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector,[6][8] along with all of the Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons.[9][10][11] The 260 AADS headquarters personnel were also moved to Oklahoma City.[14] The 93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron had been inactivated on 8 July as its North American F-86 Sabre fighters were phased out.[7]
Lineage
- Established as Albuquerque Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960
- Inactivated on 1 November 1960[1]
Assignments
- 33d Air Division, 1 January 1960 – 1 November 1960[1]
Stations
- Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 January 1960 – 1 November 1960[1]
Components
Interceptor squadrons
- 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Walker AFB, New Mexico, 1 January – 15 September 1960[6]
- 93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 January – 8 July 1960[7]
- Webb AFB, Texas, 1 January – 15 September 1960[8]
Radar squadrons
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See also
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 57.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 32.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brigadier General Lewis W. Stocking". United States Air Force. May 1964. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 31.
- ^ a b c Maurer 1982, pp. 230–231.
- ^ a b c Maurer 1982, pp. 312–313.
- ^ a b c Maurer 1982, pp. 408–409.
- ^ a b c d e f g Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 99.
- ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 100.
- ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson 1980, p. 101.
- ^ "Information for Kirtland AFB Perm, NM". Air Defense Radar Veterans' Association. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Mark. "Kirtland AFB ADC History". Air Defense Radar Veterans' Association. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b "AF to Deactivate [sic] Albuquerque Air Defense Unit". Albuquerque Journal. 27 August 1960. pp. A1, A8 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.