Detroit Air Defense Sector
Detroit Air Defense Sector
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The Detroit Air Defense Sector (DEADS) is an inactive
Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Custer Air Force Station
(AFS), Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.
History
DEADS was originally designated as the 4627th Air Defense Wing, but was redesignated before being organized in January 1957 at Custer AFS, Michigan. squadrons.
On 1 September 1959 the new
F-106 Delta Dart) and operating interceptor missiles (CIM-10 Bomarc) 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 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation and replaced at Custer AFS by the 34th Air Division.[3] Most of its units were reassigned to 34th or the 29th Air Division.
Lineage
- Designated as 4627th Air Defense Wing, SAGE
- Redesignated as Detroit Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957 and organized
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966.
Assignments
- 30th Air Division, 8 January 1957
- 26th Air Division, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966
Stations
- Custer AFS, Michigan, 8 January 1957 – 1 April 1966
Components
Wing
- 1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense)[4]
- Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 1 April 1959 – 1 April 1966
Group
- 79th Fighter Group (Air Defense)[5]
- Youngstown Airport, Ohio, 1 April 1959 – 1 March 1960
Interceptor Squadrons
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Missile Squadron
- 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)[11]
- Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, New York, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966
Radar Squadrons
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Weapons Systems
- F-86D, 1959-1960
- F-86L, 1959-1960
- F-89J, 1959-1960
- F-101B, 1960-1966
- F-102A, 1959-1960
- F-104A, 1959-1960
- F-106A, 1960-1966
- CIM-10 Bomarc, 1963-1966
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
- ^ See 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 7 February 2012.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 37 (Map)
- ^ Abstract, History of 34th Air Div, Apr-Dec 1966 (accessed 7 Feb 2012)
- ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 73
- ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
- ^ Maurer, p. 299
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, P. 120
- ^ Maurer, p. 391
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 128
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
- ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 158
- ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, pp. 163-165
- ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, p. 168
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 Detroit Air Defense Sector
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