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|caption= Regions of ADC Air Defense Forces and known Air Force Bases with ADC units, 1949–1960 |
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Note: States containing ADC bases of Western & Central ADF and Eastern & Central ADF identified as Central/Western and Central/Eastern |
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The '''Central Air Defense Force''' (CADF) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] organization. Its last assignment was with [[Air Defense Command]] being stationed at [[Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base]], [[Missouri]]. It was inactivated on 1 |
The '''Central Air Defense Force''' (CADF) is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] organization. Its last assignment was with [[Air Defense Command]] being stationed at [[Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base]], [[Missouri]]. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960. |
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CADF was an intermediate-level command and control organization of Air Defense Command. Its origins date to 1 March 1949 when [[Continental Air Command]] (ConAC) reorganized Air Defense Command when it became an operating agency. Air defense units within the Continental United States (CONUS) were given to the Eastern and Western Air Defense Liaison Groups, with Western and Eastern Air Defense Forces activated on 1 September 1949. |
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* Established as '''Central Air Defense Force''' and organized 5 Feb 1951. |
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: Organized 1 Mar 1951 |
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: Inactivated 1 July 1960 |
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Central Air Defense Force (CADF) was activated as a third subordinate region under the re-established Air Defense Command in February 1951 to better organize ADC units in the Central and Southeast United States, its initial region being defined in the west as the area east of the 102nd degree of longitude, from the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in the north to the [[Rio Grande]] border between the United States and Mexico in the south. The eastern boundary of the CADF was the area west of the 90th degree of longitude from the Michigan shoreline of Lake Superior south to the point of the Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee state boundaries, and eastward to the Atlantic Ocean coastline along the Tennessee–Kentucky and Virginia–North Carolina border, with all areas south and west of those boundaries. |
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=== Assignments === |
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* [[Air Defense Command]], 1 Feb 1951 - 1 Jul 1960 |
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The delineation was again adjusted in March 1956 to the region generally to the east of the 114th degree of longitude, roughly along the eastern borders of Idaho, Nevada and California from the Canada–US border in the north to the Mexican border in the south. The southeast region east of the [[Mississippi River]] to the [[Gulf of Mexico]] was reassigned to EADF. |
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=== Stations === |
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* [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], 5 Feb 1951 |
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Central Air Defense Force was inactivated on 1 July 1960, with its assigned units reassigned either to 29th, 30th or 33rd Air Divisions, or to the new Air Defense Sectors created with the advent of the [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) system. |
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* [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], [[Missouri]], 24 Feb 1954 - 1 Jul 1960 |
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==Lineage== |
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* Constituted as '''Central Air Defense Force''' (CADF) on 5 February 1951 |
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: Activated on 1 March 1951 |
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: Inactivated on 1 July 1960 |
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===Assignments=== |
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* [[Air Defense Command]], 1 February 1951 – 1 July 1960 |
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===Stations=== |
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* [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], Missouri, 5 February 1951 |
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* Grandview AFB, Missouri, 24 February 1954 |
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: Site re-designated: [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], Missouri, 27 April 1957 – 1 July 1960 |
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===Components=== |
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* [[20th Air Division]] |
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: Activated at: Grandview AFB, Missouri on 8 October 1955 |
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: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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: Site re-designated: [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], Missouri, 27 April 1957 |
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: Inactivate on 1 July 1960 |
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* [[29th Air Division]] |
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: Stationed at: Great Falls AFB, Montana |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Western Air Defense Force]] (WADF) |
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: Site re-designated: [[Malmstrom AFB]], 15 June 1956 |
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: Re-designated 29th Air Division (SAGE) and reassigned to Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 |
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* [[20th Air Division]], [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], [[Missouri]] |
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: 8 Oct 1955 - 1 Jan 1960 |
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* [[29th Air Division]], [[Malmstrom AFB]], [[Montana]] |
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: 16 Feb 1953 - 1 Jan 1960 |
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* [[31st Air Division]] |
* [[31st Air Division]] |
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: Stationed at: [[Fort Snelling]], Minnesota on 20 May 1951 |
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: 20 May 1951 - 1 Feb 1952, [[Selfridge AFB]], [[Michigan]] |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF) |
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: 1 Feb 1952 - 1 Jan 1960, [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport|Snelling AFS]], [[Minnesota]] |
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: Inactivated 1 January 1960 |
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* [[34th Air Division]], [[Kirtland AFB]], [[New Mexico]] |
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: 16 Feb 1953 - 1 Jan 1960 |
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* [[35th Air Division]], [[Dobbins AFB]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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* [[33d Air Division]] |
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: Attached: 1 Jul 1951 - 1 Feb 1952 |
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: Stationed at: [[Tinker AFB]], Oklahoma, 20 May 1951 |
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: Assigned: 1 Feb 1952 - 15 Nov 1958 |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF) |
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: Moved to [[Oklahoma City AFS]], 1 July 1956 |
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: Re-designated 33d Air Division (SAGE) and reassigned to Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 |
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* [[34th Air Division]] (Defense) |
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: Stationed at: [[Kirtland AFB]], New Mexico, 16 February 1953 |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Western Air Defense Force]] (WADF) |
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: Inactivated 1 January 1960 |
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* [[35th Air Division]] |
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: Activated at: [[Kansas City, Missouri]] on 1 July 1951 |
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: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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: Moved to [[Dobbins AFB]], Georgia on 1 September 1951 |
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: Re-assigned to [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF), 10 April 1955 |
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====Wings==== |
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* [[122d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] |
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: Federalized [[Indiana Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951 |
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: Stationed at [[Baer Field]], Indiana |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 1 December 1951 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF) |
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: Inactivated and returned to state control, 7 February 1952 |
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* [[128th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] |
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: Federalized [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951 |
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: Stationed at [[Truax Field Air National Guard Base|Truax Field]], Wisconsin |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 20 May 1951 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF) |
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: Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952 |
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* [[133d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] |
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: Federalized [[Minnesota Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951 |
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: Stationed at [[Holman Field]], Minnesota |
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: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 20 May 1951 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF) |
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: Moved to [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport]], 28 June 1951 |
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: Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952 |
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* 153d Aircraft Control and Warning Group |
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: Federalized [[Pennsylvania Air National Guard]], 16 January 1952 |
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: Stationed at [[New Cumberland, Pennsylvania]], assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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: Personnel used to fill vacancies in the [[35th Air Division]]; inactivated 6 February 1952 |
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* 159th Aircraft Control and Warning Group |
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: Federalized [[Oklahoma Air National Guard]], 1 June 1951 |
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: Stationed at [[Tinker AFB]], Oklahoma |
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: Attached to [[33d Air Division]], 19 June 1951 |
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: Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952 |
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* 161st Aircraft Control and Warning Group |
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: Federalized [[California Air National Guard]], 28 January 1952 |
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: Stationed at [[Berkeley, California]], assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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: Personnel used to fill vacancies in numerous CADF units; inactivated 6 February 1952 |
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* [[543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group]] |
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: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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: Stationed at [[Fort Snelling]], Minnesota on 1 January 1951 |
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: Re-assigned to [[31st Air Division]] (Defense), 10 July 1951 |
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* [[4676th Air Defense Group]] |
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=== Operational History=== |
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: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force |
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Was responsible for the air defense of the Central and Southeastern United States (1951-1960). |
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: Stationed at [[Grandview AFB]], Missouri |
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: Re-assigned to [[33d Air Division]], 2 March 1954 |
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==See also== |
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In August 1957, Canadian and United States officials announced the establishment of an integrated command in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]] which would centralize operational control of continental air defense. On 12 September 1957, [[NORAD]] Headquarters operations commenced at [[Ent Air Force Base]], [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]]. On 12 May 1958, the Canadian and US governments formally exchanged diplomatic notes which constituted the NORAD Agreement. The Central Air Defense Force was inactivated on 1 July 1960 when the NORAD Air Defense Sectors were established. |
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* [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] |
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* [[Western Air Defense Force]] |
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==References== |
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{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}} |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1) |
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* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}} |
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* 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}} |
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* 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 |
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* 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. |
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[[Category:1951 establishments in Missouri]] |
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[[Category:1960 disestablishments in Missouri]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 1 January 2024
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| Central Air Defense Force | |
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 Regions of ADC Air Defense Forces and known Air Force Bases with ADC units, 1949–1960
Note: States containing ADC bases of Western & Central ADF and Eastern & Central ADF identified as Central/Western and Central/Eastern | |
| Active | 1951–1960 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Air Defense |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
The Central Air Defense Force (CADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960.
History
[edit]CADF was an intermediate-level command and control organization of Air Defense Command. Its origins date to 1 March 1949 when Continental Air Command (ConAC) reorganized Air Defense Command when it became an operating agency. Air defense units within the Continental United States (CONUS) were given to the Eastern and Western Air Defense Liaison Groups, with Western and Eastern Air Defense Forces activated on 1 September 1949.
Central Air Defense Force (CADF) was activated as a third subordinate region under the re-established Air Defense Command in February 1951 to better organize ADC units in the Central and Southeast United States, its initial region being defined in the west as the area east of the 102nd degree of longitude, from the Canada–US border in the north to the Rio Grande border between the United States and Mexico in the south. The eastern boundary of the CADF was the area west of the 90th degree of longitude from the Michigan shoreline of Lake Superior south to the point of the Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee state boundaries, and eastward to the Atlantic Ocean coastline along the Tennessee–Kentucky and Virginia–North Carolina border, with all areas south and west of those boundaries.
The delineation was again adjusted in March 1956 to the region generally to the east of the 114th degree of longitude, roughly along the eastern borders of Idaho, Nevada and California from the Canada–US border in the north to the Mexican border in the south. The southeast region east of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico was reassigned to EADF.
Central Air Defense Force was inactivated on 1 July 1960, with its assigned units reassigned either to 29th, 30th or 33rd Air Divisions, or to the new Air Defense Sectors created with the advent of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system.
Lineage
[edit]- Constituted as Central Air Defense Force (CADF) on 5 February 1951
- Activated on 1 March 1951
- Inactivated on 1 July 1960
Assignments
[edit]- Air Defense Command, 1 February 1951 – 1 July 1960
Stations
[edit]- Kansas City, Missouri, 5 February 1951
- Grandview AFB, Missouri, 24 February 1954
- Site re-designated: Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 27 April 1957 – 1 July 1960
Components
[edit]Air Divisions
[edit]
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Wings
[edit]- Federalized Indiana Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
- Stationed at Baer Field, Indiana
- Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 1 December 1951 from Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF)
- Inactivated and returned to state control, 7 February 1952
- Federalized Wisconsin Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
- Stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin
- Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 20 May 1951 from Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF)
- Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952
- Federalized Minnesota Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
- Stationed at Holman Field, Minnesota
- Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 20 May 1951 from Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF)
- Moved to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 28 June 1951
- Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952
Groups
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See also
[edit]References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)
- 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
- 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.
