Reno Air Defense Sector
| Reno Air Defense Sector
Air Defense Command |
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The Reno Air Defense Sector (ReADS) is an inactive
Stead Air Force Base, Nevada
.
History
ReADS was established in February 1959 assuming control of former ADC
Sierra Nevada and the northern Central Valley. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar
squadrons.
On 15 February 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; and its units were reassigned to the 26th Air Division.
Lineage
- Established as Reno Air Defense Sector on 15 February 1959
- Inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments
- 25th Air Division, 15 February 1959
- 28th Air Division, 1 July 1960 – 1 April 1966
Stations
- Stead AFB, Nevada, 15 February 1959 – 1 April 1966
Components
Radar squadrons
- Burns AFS, Oregon, 15 September 1960 – 1 April 1966
- 658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Winnemucca AFS, Nevada, 15 September 1960 – 1 April 1966
- Baker AFS, Oregon, 15 September 1960 – 1 April 1966
- Fallon AFS, Nevada, 15 September 1960 – 1 April 1966
- 866th Radar Squadron
- Tonopah AFS, Nevada, 15 September 1960 – 1 April 1966
See also
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 SAGE facilities |
- 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 Reno Air Defense Sector
