Syracuse Air Defense Sector
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The Syracuse Air Defense Sector (SADS) is an inactive
Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Hancock Field
, New York.
SADS was established in October 1956 as the 4624th Air Defense Wing, SAGE at Syracuse Air Force Station (AFS), New York, assuming control of former ADC Eastern Air Defense Force units primarily in western New York, most of Pennsylvania and a small portion of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia.[1] It controlled several aircraft and radar squadrons.
On 15 August 1958 the new
F-102 Delta Dagger) and operating radars and interceptor missiles (CIM-10 Bomarc)in a state of readiness with training missions and a series of exercises with Strategic Air Command
and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft. In early 1958, Syracuse AFS was renamed Hancock Field.
The Sector was inactivated on 4 September 1963 when the 26th Air Division headquarters moved to Hancock Field and the Syracuse Sector, in a realignment of sector boundaries, merged with the Boston Air Defense Sector.
Lineage
- Designated as 4624th Air Defense Wing, SAGE and organized on 1 October 1956
- Redesignated Syracuse Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957
- Inactivated on 4 September 1963
Assignments
- 32nd Air Division, 1 October 1956
- 26th Air Division, 15 August 1958 – 4 September 1963
Stations
- Syracuse AFS, (later Hancock Field) New York, 1 October 1956 – 4 September 1963
Components
- 15th Fighter Group (Air Defense)[2]
- Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York, 1 September 1958 – 1 July 1960
- Griffiss AFB, New York, 1 August 1959 – 4 September 1963
- 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)[5]
- Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, New York, 1 June 1960 – 4 September 1963
Radar Squadrons
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Weapons Systems
- F-89J, 1959-1959
- F-101B, 1959-1963
- F-102A, 1958-1960
- IM-99 (later CIM-10), 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
- ^ 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. 37 (Map).
- ^ Factsheet, 15th Air Base Wing Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 5 Feb 2012)
- ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
- ^ Factsheet, 49th Fighter Training Squadron Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 5 Feb 2012)]
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
- ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, pp. 156-58
- ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, pp. 165-67
References
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 SAGE facilities |
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 9781437921311.
- 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.
