Phoenix Air Defense Sector
Phoenix Air Defense Sector
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The Phoenix Air Defense Sector (PhADS) is an inactive
. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966History
PhADS was established in June 1959 assuming control of former ADC Western Air Defense Force units in Arizona; southwestern California; southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.
On 15 June the new
F-106 Delta Dart
) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.
The Sector was inactivated on 1 April 1966 as part of an ADC consolidation and reorganization; then redesignated as 27th Air Division.
Lineage
- Established as Phoenix Air Defense Sector on 15 June 1959
- Inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments
- Western Air Defense Force, 15 June 1959
- 28th Air Division, 1 July 1960 – 1 April 1966
Stations
- Luke AFB, Arizona, 15 February 1959 – 1 April 1966
Components
Interceptor units
- 15th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1 May 1961 – 4 December 1964
Radar stations
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See also
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
References
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.
- 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.
- Radomes.org Phoenix Air Defense Sector
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