Duluth Air Defense Sector

Duluth Air Defense Sector
Duluth Airport

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The Duluth Air Defense Sector (DUADS) is an inactive

. It was inactivated on 1 April 1969.

History

Established in October 1957 assuming control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units with a mission to provide air defense of most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.

In November 1959, the new

) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.

In October 1962, during the

Inactivated April 1966 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation, the command being redesignated as the 29th Air Division. The SAGE building was remodeled and, in 1985, given to the University of Minnesota Duluth to house the Natural Resources Research Institute signed into legislation to address the struggling economy during the early 1980s recession.

Lineage

• Established as Duluth Air Defense Sector on 1 October 1957, Inactivated on 1 April 1966

Assignments

• 37th Air Division, 1 October 1957
• 31st Air Division, 20 December 1957
• 37th Air Division, 1 January 1959
• 30th Air Division, 1 April 1959 – 1 April 1966

Stations

• Duluth Airport, Minnesota, 1 October 1957 – 1 April 1966

Components

Wings

• K. I. Sawyer AFB
  , Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 January 1964
• Kincheloe AFB
  , Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 April 1966

Group

• 343d Fighter Group (Air Defense): Duluth Airport
  , Minnesota, 15 November 1959 – 1 April 1966

Interceptor squadrons

• Grand Forks AFB
  , North Dakota, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966
• 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron:
  K. I. Sawyer AFB
  , Michigan, 16 December 1963 – 1 April 1966

Missile squadrons

• Kincheloe AFB
  , Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 April 1966
• 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC): Duluth AF Missile Site
  , Minnesota, 1 April 1960 – 1 April 1966

Radar squadrons

Calumet AFS , Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 April 1966 Osceola AFS , Wisconsin, 1 July 1959 – 1 April 1966 Antigo AFS , Wisconsin, 1 October 1963 – 1 June 1964 Baudette AFS , Minnesota, 1 July 1959 – 1 April 1966 Grand Rapids AFS , Minnesota, 1 July 1959 – 1 August 1963 Wadena AFS , Minnesota, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966

753d Radar Squadron: Sault Sainte Marie AFS, Michigan, 1 October 1963 – 1 April 1966 Finland AFS , Minnesota, 1 July 1959 – 1 April 1966 Finley AFS , North Dakota, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966 Armstrong AS , Ontario, 15 November 1959 – 1 November 1962 Sioux Lookout AS , Ontario, 15 November 1959 – 1 October 1962

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
• List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
• Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons

References

External image
SAGE facilities

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
  ISBN 0-89201-092-4
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• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
  ISBN 0-912799-12-9
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• Radomes.org Duluth Air Defense Sector