Chicago Air Defense Sector
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Air Defense Command |
The Chicago Air Defense Sector (CADS) is an inactive
Air Defense Command (ADC) 30th Air Division at Truax Field
Wisconsin. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.
History
CADS was established by redesignation of the never active 4628th Air Defense Wing at Truax Field, Wisconsin in March 1957 squadrons.
On 1 October 1959, the new
F-106 Delta Dart) and radar squadrons in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with Strategic Air Command
and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.
The Sector was inactivated 1 April 1966[1] as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation, the command being replaced at Truax Field by the 20th Air Division,[3] and its units in Indiana were reassigned to the 34th Air Division.
Lineage
- Designated as 4628th Air Defense Wing, SAGE in 1956
- Redesignated as Chicago Air Defense Sector and activated on 8 March 1957
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments
- 37th Air Division, 8 March 1957
- 30th Air Division, 1 April 1959 – 1 April 1966
Stations
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, 8 March 1957 – 1 April 1966
Components
Group
- 327th Fighter Group (Air Defense)[4]
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, 1 June 1959 – 1 April 1966
Interceptor Squadron
- 319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron[5]
- Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana, 1 July 1960 – 1 February 1963
Radar Squadrons
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Aircraft
- F-102A, 1959-1966
- F-106A, 1960-1963
See also
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
- List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
Notes
- ^ a b 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. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 37 (Map)
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 36
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 79
- ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 159
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 162
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 164
- ^ a b c d e f Cornett & Johnson, pp. 168-170
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense (PDF). Vol. II, 1955–1972. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- Redmond, Kent C.; Smith, Thomas M. (2000). From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-18201-0.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. ]
- Radomes.org Chicago Air Defense Sector
