Washington Air Defense Sector
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The Washington Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactive
Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station
(AFS), Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.
History
WaADS was established in December 1956 as the 4625th Air Defense Wing. squadrons.
On 1 February 1959 the new
F-106 Delta Dart) or interceptor missiles (CIM-10 Bomarc) 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 eliminated on 1 April 1966 due to a general reorganization of Air Defense Command, most of its assigned units being reassigned to the
33d Air Division
Lineage
- Designated as 4625th Air Defense Wing, SAGE and organized on 1 December 1956
- Redesignated Washington Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments
- 85th Air Division, 1 December 1956
- 26th Air Division, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
Stations
- Fort Lee AFS, Virginia, 1 December 1956 – 1 April 1966
Components
Interceptor squadrons
- Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
- Andrews AFB, Maryland, 1 September 1958 – 1 July 1963
- Charleston AFB, South Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 April 1966
- Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 October 1965
Missile squadron
- 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)[12]
- Langley AFB, Virginia, 1 September 1959 – 1 April 1966
Radar squadrons
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Weapons Systems
- F-101B 1961-1966
- F-102A, 1958-1965
- F-106A, 1959-1966
- IM-99 (later CIM-10), 1959-1966
See also
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
- List of MAJCOM wings
- 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. 65.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 31 (Map)
- ^ Abstract, History of 26th Air Div, Jan-Jun 1961 (accessed 6 Feb 2012)
- ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 116
- ^ Maurer, p. 318
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 121
- ^ Maurer, p. 550
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 128
- ^ Maurer, p. 580
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 129
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
- ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 154
- ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 157
- ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 162
- ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 166
- ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 170
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 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 (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013.
- Photos of Washington Air Defense Sector SAGE facilities
