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[[File:Boston-ADS-map.png|thumb|Map of Boston ADS]]
[[File:Boston-ADS-map.png|thumb|Map of Boston ADS]]
The '''Boston Air Defense Sector''' (BADS) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the ADC [[26th Air Division]] at [[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base|Hancock Field]], New York.
The '''Boston Air Defense Sector''' (BADS) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the ADC [[26th Air Division]] at [[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base|Hancock Field]], New York.


==History==
==History==
BADS was established in 1956 at [[Stewart Air Force Base]] (AFB), New York as the '''4622nd Air Defense Wing'''<ref name=cj65>{{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980|url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|page=65}}</ref> pending completion of the new [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-02) and Combat Center (CC-04) which became operational 15 September 1958. DC-02 was equipped with dual [[AN/FSQ-7|AN/FSQ-7 Computer]]s. Early in 1957, the wing was redesignated as the '''Boston Air Defense Sector'''.<ref name=cj65/>
BADS was established in 1956 at [[Stewart Air Force Base]] (AFB), New York as the '''4622nd Air Defense Wing'''<ref name=cj65>{{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|page=65|access-date=2012-02-04|archive-date=2006-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> pending completion of the new [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-02) and Combat Center (CC-04) which became operational 15 September 1958. DC-02 was equipped with dual [[AN/FSQ-7|AN/FSQ-7 Computer]]s. Early in 1957, the wing was redesignated as the '''Boston Air Defense Sector'''.<ref name=cj65/>


The mission of the BADS was to provide [[air defense]] over [[New England]] initially in an area covering southern Maine, southern New Hampshire, southern Vermont, Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island and Connecticut and part of New York.<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 31(Map)</ref> The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet [[interceptor aircraft]] ([[North American F-86 Sabre]], [[Northrop F-89 Scorpion]], [[Lockheed F-94 Starfire]], [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger]], [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]]) and operating [[radar]]s and [[surface-to-air missile|interceptor missiles]] ([[Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc]]) in a state of [[combat readiness|readiness]] with training missions and series of [[military exercise|exercises]] with [[Strategic Air Command]] and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft. From 1960 to 1962, BADS was also responsible for a squadron in Nova Scotia that controlled interceptors "manually" (by voice instructions rather than by [[data link]]).<ref>[http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/414/216.xml|Abstract, History of 672nd AC&W Sq, Jan 1961-Dec 1961] (accessed Feb 4, 2012)</ref>
The mission of the BADS was to provide [[air defense]] over [[New England]] initially in an area covering southern Maine, southern New Hampshire, southern Vermont, Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island and Connecticut and part of New York.<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 31(Map)</ref> The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet [[interceptor aircraft]] ([[North American F-86 Sabre]], [[Northrop F-89 Scorpion]], [[Lockheed F-94 Starfire]], [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger]], [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]]) and operating [[radar]]s and [[surface-to-air missile|interceptor missiles]] ([[Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc]]) in a state of [[combat readiness|readiness]] with training missions and series of [[military exercise|exercises]] with [[Strategic Air Command]] and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft. From 1960 to 1962, BADS was also responsible for a squadron in Nova Scotia that controlled interceptors "manually" (by voice instructions rather than by [[data link]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200915033845/http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/414/216.xml Abstract, History of 672nd AC&W Sq, Jan 1961-Dec 1961] (accessed 4 February 2012)</ref>


The Otis Bomarc SAMs (26th ADMS) were directed from the [[Air Defense Direction Center]] (CC-01/DC-03) at [[Hancock Air Force Base]], [[Syracuse, New York]]. [[Continental Air Defense Command]], in setting up the air defence command and control system in the area, had designated the Boston Air Defense Sector as 1 of 4 sectors in the [[26th Air Division]] "effective April 1, 1958"<ref name=NORAD1958A>{{NORAD Historical Summary |version=1958 |page=7 |accessdate=2013-04-30}}</ref><ref name=NORAD1958B>{{NORAD Historical Summary |version=1958b |accessdate=2013-04-30}}</ref> DC-03 was operational on December 1, 1958;<ref name=Condit>{{Cite report |last=Condit |first=Kenneth W. |year=1992 |orig-year=1971 |chapter=Chapter 15: Continental Defense |title=The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy: 1955-1956 |volume=Volume VI of <u>History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</u> |publisher=Historical Office, Joint Staff |location=Washington, DC |url=http://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Policy/Policy_V006.pdf }}</ref> and the division was the 1st operational in the SAGE Air Defense Network — 1 January 1959 (CC-01 was the "first SAGE [[IBM AN/FSQ-8 Combat Control Central|regional battle post]]", beginning operations "in early 1959".)<ref name=Schaffel>{{Cite report|last=Schaffel |first=Kenneth |year=1991 |title=Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense 1945-1960 |url=http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/Annotations/schaffelemerging.htm |format=45MB [[pdf]] |work=General Histories |publisher=[[Office of Air Force History]] |isbn=0-912799-60-9 |accessdate=2011-09-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113175706/https://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/Annotations/schaffelemerging.htm |archivedate=2005-11-13 |df= }}</ref><!--{{rp|263}}-->
The Otis Bomarc SAMs (26th ADMS) were directed from the [[Air Defense Direction Center]] (CC-01/DC-03) at [[Hancock Air Force Base]], [[Syracuse, New York]]. [[Continental Air Defense Command]], in setting up the air defence command and control system in the area, had designated the Boston Air Defense Sector as 1 of 4 sectors in the [[26th Air Division]] "effective April 1, 1958"<ref name=NORAD1958A>{{NORAD Historical Summary |version=1958 |page=7 |accessdate=2013-04-30}}</ref><ref name=NORAD1958B>{{NORAD Historical Summary |version=1958b |accessdate=2013-04-30}}</ref> DC-03 was operational on 1 December 1958;<ref name=Condit>{{Cite report |last=Condit |first=Kenneth W. |year=1992 |orig-year=1971 |chapter=Chapter 15: Continental Defense |title=The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy: 1955-1956 |volume=VI of <u>History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</u> |publisher=Historical Office, Joint Staff |location=Washington, DC |chapter-url=http://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Policy/Policy_V006.pdf }}</ref> and the division was the 1st operational in the SAGE Air Defense Network — 1 January 1959 (CC-01 was the "first SAGE [[IBM AN/FSQ-8 Combat Control Central|regional battle post]]", beginning operations "in early 1959".)<ref name=Schaffel>{{Cite report |last=Schaffel |first=Kenneth |year=1991 |title=Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense 1945-1960 |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEmergingShield |format=45MB [[pdf]] |work=General Histories |publisher=[[Office of Air Force History]] |isbn=0-912799-60-9 |access-date=2011-09-26 |url-access=registration }}</ref><!--{{rp|263}}-->


The Sector was moved on paper to [[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base|Hancock Field]], New York and was eliminated on 1 April 1966<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 57</ref> due to a general reorganization of ADC. Most of its assigned units were reassigned to the [[34th Air Division|34th]] or [[35th Air Division]]s.
The Sector was moved on paper to [[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base|Hancock Field]], New York and was eliminated on 1 April 1966<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 57</ref> due to a general reorganization of ADC. Most of its assigned units were reassigned to the [[34th Air Division|34th]] or [[35th Air Division]]s.
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===Assignments===
===Assignments===
* [[Eastern Air Defense Force]], 1 April 1956 - 18 October 1956
* [[Eastern Air Defense Force]], 1 April 1956 – 18 October 1956
* 26th Air Division, 18 October 1956 - 1 October 1966
* 26th Air Division, 18 October 1956 – 1 October 1966


===Stations===
===Stations===
* Stewart AFB, New York, 1 April 1956 - 1 April 1966
* Stewart AFB, New York, 1 April 1956 – 1 April 1966
* Hancock Field, New York, 1 April 1966 - 1 April 1966
* Hancock Field, New York, 1 April 1966 – 1 April 1966


===Components===
===Components===


====Wings====
====Wings====
* [[33d Fighter Wing]] (Air Defense)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-047.pdf |year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|page=58}}</ref>
* [[33d Fighter Wing]] (Air Defense)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave/page/58|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave/page/58 58]}}</ref>
: [[Otis AFB]], Massachusetts, 8 January - 18 August 1957
: [[Otis AFB]], Massachusetts, 8 January - 18 August 1957


====Groups====
====Groups====
* [[329th Fighter Group]] (Air Defense)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 79</ref>
* [[329th Fighter Group]] (Air Defense)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 79</ref>
: Stewart AFB, New York, 18 October 1956 - 1 August 1959
: Stewart AFB, New York, 18 October 1956 – 1 August 1959
* [[4729th Air Defense Group]]<ref name=cj89>Cornett & Johnson, p. 89</ref>
* [[4729th Air Defense Group]]<ref name=cj89>Cornett & Johnson, p. 89</ref>
: [[Westover AFB]], Massachusetts, 1 July 1957 - 30 April 1958
: [[Westover AFB]], Massachusetts, 1 July 1957 – 30 April 1958
* [[4735th Air Defense Group]]<ref name=cj89/>
* [[4735th Air Defense Group]]<ref name=cj89/>
: Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 18 August 1957 - 1 September 1959
: Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 18 August 1957 – 1 September 1959


====Interceptor squadrons====
====Interceptor squadrons====
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* [[49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition=reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|page=213}}</ref><ref name=cj116>Cornett & Johnson, pp. 116-19</ref>
* [[49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition=reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|page=213}}</ref><ref name=cj116>Cornett & Johnson, pp. 116-19</ref>
: [[Hanscom AFB|Laurence G. Hanscom Field]], Massachusetts, 1 August 1958 - 1 July 1959; 4 September 1963-1 April 1966
: [[Hanscom AFB|Laurence G. Hanscom Field]], Massachusetts, 1 August 1958 – 1 July 1959; 4 September 1963-1 April 1966
* [[60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref name=cj116/><ref>Maurer, p. 235</ref>
* [[60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref name=cj116/><ref>Maurer, p. 235</ref>
: Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 August 1959 - 1 April 1966
: Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 August 1959 – 1 April 1966
* [[76th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref name=cj116/><ref>Maurer, p. 275</ref>
* [[76th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref name=cj116/><ref>Maurer, p. 275</ref>
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 1 February 1961 - 1 July 1963
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 1 February 1961 – 1 July 1963
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* [[324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 399</ref>
* [[324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 399</ref>
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 8 October 1956 - 8 July 1957
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 8 October 1956 – 8 July 1957
* [[337th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 417</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433602/337-flight-test-squadron/ |last1=|first1=|title=Factsheet 337th Flight Test Squadron|date=April 7, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|accessdate=July 26, 2017}}</ref>
* [[337th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 417</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433602/337-flight-test-squadron/ |title=Factsheet 337th Flight Test Squadron|date=7 April 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref>
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 18 October 1956 - 8 July 1957, 25 June 1958-8 July 1960
: Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 18 October 1956 – 8 July 1957, 25 June 1958-8 July 1960
* [[465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 572</ref>
* [[465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]]<ref>Maurer, p. 572</ref>
: Laurence B. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 1 July 1959 - 15 March 1960
: Laurence B. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 1 July 1959 – 15 March 1960
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====Missile squadron====
====Missile squadron====
* [[26th Air Defense Missile Squadron]] (BOMARC)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 150</ref>
* [[26th Air Defense Missile Squadron]] (BOMARC)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 150</ref>
: [[Otis AFB]], Massachusetts, 1 March 1959 - 1 April 1966
: [[Otis AFB]], Massachusetts, 1 March 1959 – 1 April 1966


====Radar squadrons====
====Radar squadrons====
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* [[644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]<ref name=cj155>Cornett & Johnson, pp. 155-57</ref>
* [[644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]<ref name=cj155>Cornett & Johnson, pp. 155-57</ref>
: [[Rye Air Force Station]] (AFS), New Hampshire, 18 October 1956 - 30 October 1957
: [[Rye Air Force Station]] (AFS), New Hampshire, 18 October 1956 – 30 October 1957
* 648th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[648th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj155/>
* 648th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[648th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj155/>
: [[Benton AFS]], Pennsylvania, 18 October 1956 - 15 August 1958; 4 September 1963 - 1 April 1966
: [[Benton AFS]], Pennsylvania, 18 October 1956 – 15 August 1958; 4 September 1963 - 1 April 1966
* [[654th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj155/>
* [[654th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj155/>
: [[Brunswick AFS]], Maine, 1 August 1962 - 25 June 1965
: [[Brunswick AFS]], Maine, 1 August 1962 – 25 June 1965
* [[655th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj155/>
* [[655th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj155/>
: [[Watertown AFS]], New York, 4 September 1963 - 1 April 1966
: [[Watertown AFS]], New York, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966
* 656th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[656th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj155/>
* 656th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[656th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj155/>
: [[Saratoga Springs AFS]], New York, 18 October 1956 - 1 April 1966
: [[Saratoga Springs AFS]], New York, 18 October 1956 – 1 April 1966
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{{Col-break|width=50%}}
* [[672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 98</ref>
* [[672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 98</ref>
: [[Barrington AS]], Nova Scotia, 1 July 1960 - 1 June 1962
: [[Barrington AS]], Nova Scotia, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962
* 762nd Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[762d Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj165>Cornett & Johnson, p. 165-66</ref>
* 762nd Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (later [[762d Radar Squadron]] (SAGE))<ref name=cj165>Cornett & Johnson, p. 165-66</ref>
: [[North Truro AFS]], Massachusetts, 18 October 1956 - 1 April 1966
: [[North Truro AFS]], Massachusetts, 18 October 1956 – 1 April 1966
* [[764th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj165/>
* [[764th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref name=cj165/>
: [[Saint Albans AFS]], Vermont, 1 August 1962 - 1 April 1966
: [[Saint Albans AFS]], Vermont, 1 August 1962 – 1 April 1966
* [[820th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE) (later 820th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 102</ref>
* [[820th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE) (later 820th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 102</ref>
: [[Fort Heath]], Massachusetts, 18 October 1959 - 1 December 1962
: [[Fort Heath]], Massachusetts, 18 October 1959 – 1 December 1962
* [[911th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 173</ref>
* [[911th Radar Squadron]] (SAGE)<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 173</ref>
: [[Lyndonville AFS]], Vermont, 1 August 1962 - 1 August 1963
: [[Lyndonville AFS]], Vermont, 1 August 1962 – 1 August 1963
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]
* [[Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons]]
* [[Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons]]
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===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|pages= }}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6}}
* [http://www.radomes.org/cgi-bin/museum/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Stewart+AFB,+NY%22&key=StewartAFBNY&pic=StewartAFBNY&doc=StewartAFBNY Radomes.org Boston Air Defense Sector]
* [http://www.radomes.org/cgi-bin/museum/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Stewart+AFB,+NY%22&key=StewartAFBNY&pic=StewartAFBNY&doc=StewartAFBNY Radomes.org Boston Air Defense Sector]
* {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-047.pdf |year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|page= }}
* {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}}


'''Further Reading'''
'''Further Reading'''
* {{cite book|last=Leonard|first=Barry|title=History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense|url= http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf |volume=, Vol II, 1955-1972|year=2009|publisher=Center for Military History|location=Fort McNair, DC|isbn=978-1-4379-2131-1|page= }}
* {{cite book|last=Leonard|first=Barry|title=History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf|volume=II, 1955-1972|year=2009|publisher=Center for Military History|location=Fort McNair, DC|isbn=978-1-4379-2131-1|access-date=2012-10-07|archive-date=2019-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216135402/https://history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book|last=Redmond|first=Kent C|author2=Smith, Thomas M|title=From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer|year=2000|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=978-0-262-18201-0|pages= }}
* {{cite book|last=Redmond|first=Kent C|author2=Smith, Thomas M|title=From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer|year=2000|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=978-0-262-18201-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F.|author2=Webster, Julie L|title=Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense Radar Program|url= http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |year=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|pages= |lccn=97020912}}
* {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F.|author2=Webster, Julie L|title=Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense Radar Program|url= http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |year=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|lccn=97020912}}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}


==External links==
==External links==

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Boston Air Defense Sector
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Active1956–1966
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeFighter-interceptor
RoleAir Defense
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The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. Its last assignment was with the ADC 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, New York.

History

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BADS was established in 1956 at Stewart Air Force Base (AFB), New York as the 4622nd Air Defense Wing[1] pending completion of the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-02) and Combat Center (CC-04) which became operational 15 September 1958. DC-02 was equipped with dual AN/FSQ-7 Computers. Early in 1957, the wing was redesignated as the Boston Air Defense Sector.[1]

The mission of the BADS was to provide air defense over New England initially in an area covering southern Maine, southern New Hampshire, southern Vermont, Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island and Connecticut and part of New York.[2] The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet interceptor aircraft (North American F-86 Sabre, Northrop F-89 Scorpion, Lockheed F-94 Starfire, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter) and operating radars and interceptor missiles (Boeing 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. From 1960 to 1962, BADS was also responsible for a squadron in Nova Scotia that controlled interceptors "manually" (by voice instructions rather than by data link).[3]

The Otis Bomarc SAMs (26th ADMS) were directed from the Air Defense Direction Center (CC-01/DC-03) at Hancock Air Force Base, Syracuse, New York. Continental Air Defense Command, in setting up the air defence command and control system in the area, had designated the Boston Air Defense Sector as 1 of 4 sectors in the 26th Air Division "effective April 1, 1958"[4][5] DC-03 was operational on 1 December 1958;[6] and the division was the 1st operational in the SAGE Air Defense Network — 1 January 1959 (CC-01 was the "first SAGE regional battle post", beginning operations "in early 1959".)[7]

The Sector was moved on paper to Hancock Field, New York and was eliminated on 1 April 1966[8] due to a general reorganization of ADC. Most of its assigned units were reassigned to the 34th or 35th Air Divisions.

Lineage

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  • Designated as the 4622d Air Defense Wing, SAGE on 1 April 1956 and organized
Redesignated as Boston Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966

Assignments

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Stations

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  • Stewart AFB, New York, 1 April 1956 – 1 April 1966
  • Hancock Field, New York, 1 April 1966 – 1 April 1966

Components

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Wings

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Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 8 January - 18 August 1957

Groups

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Stewart AFB, New York, 18 October 1956 – 1 August 1959
Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 1 July 1957 – 30 April 1958
Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 18 August 1957 – 1 September 1959

Interceptor squadrons

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Missile squadron

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Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 March 1959 – 1 April 1966

Radar squadrons

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Weapons Systems

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 31(Map)
  3. ^ Abstract, History of 672nd AC&W Sq, Jan 1961-Dec 1961 (accessed 4 February 2012)
  4. ^ Preface by Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 October 1958). North American Air Defense Command Historical Summary: January–June 1958 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
  5. ^ Preface by Buss, L. H. (Director) (14 April 1959). North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: July–December 1958 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
  6. ^ Condit, Kenneth W. (1992) [1971]. "Chapter 15: Continental Defense" (PDF). The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy: 1955-1956 (Report). Vol. VI of History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Washington, DC: Historical Office, Joint Staff.
  7. ^ Schaffel, Kenneth (1991). Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense 1945-1960 (45MB pdf). General Histories (Report). Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-60-9. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  8. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 57
  9. ^ Ravenstein, Charles A (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 58. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
  10. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 79
  11. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 89
  12. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 213. ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
  13. ^ a b c Cornett & Johnson, pp. 116-19
  14. ^ Maurer, p. 235
  15. ^ Maurer, p. 275
  16. ^ Maurer, p. 399
  17. ^ Maurer, p. 417
  18. ^ "Factsheet 337th Flight Test Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  19. ^ Maurer, p. 572
  20. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
  21. ^ a b c d e Cornett & Johnson, pp. 155-57
  22. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 98
  23. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 165-66
  24. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 102
  25. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 173

Bibliography

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Further Reading

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