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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 July 1, 1960.
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 ==
==History==
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.
=== Lineage===
* Established as '''Central Air Defense Force''' and organized February 5, 1951.
: Organized March 1, 1951
: Inactivated July 1, 1960


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.
=== Assignments ===
* [[Air Defense Command]], February 1, 1951 – July 1, 1960


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.
=== Stations ===

* [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], February 5, 1951
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.
* [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], [[Missouri]], February 24, 1954 – July 1, 1960

==Lineage==
* Constituted as '''Central Air Defense Force''' (CADF) on 5 February 1951
: Activated on 1 March 1951
: Inactivated on 1 July 1960

===Assignments===
* [[Air Defense Command]], 1 February 1951 – 1 July 1960

===Stations===
* [[Kansas City, Missouri|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===

====Air Divisions====
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* [[20th Air Division]]
: Activated at: Grandview AFB, Missouri on 8 October 1955
: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force
: Site re-designated: [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], Missouri, 27 April 1957
: Inactivate on 1 July 1960

* [[29th Air Division]]
: Stationed at: Great Falls AFB, Montana
: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Western Air Defense Force]] (WADF)
: Site re-designated: [[Malmstrom AFB]], 15 June 1956
: Re-designated 29th Air Division (SAGE) and reassigned to Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960


=== Components ===
{{See Also|Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons}}
'''Divisions'''
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* [[20th Air Division]], [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], [[Missouri]]
: October 8, 1955 – January 1, 1960
* [[29th Air Division]], [[Malmstrom AFB]], [[Montana]]
: February 16, 1953 – January 1, 1960
* [[31st Air Division]]
* [[31st Air Division]]
: Stationed at: [[Fort Snelling]], Minnesota on 20 May 1951
: May 20, 1951 – February 1, 1952, [[Selfridge AFB]], [[Michigan]]
: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF)
: February 1, 1952 – January 1, 1960, [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport|Snelling AFS]], [[Minnesota]]
: Inactivated 1 January 1960
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* [[33d Air Division]]
* [[33d Air Division]]
: May 20, 1951 – May 8, 1956, [[Tinker AFB]], [[Oklaholma]]
: Stationed at: [[Tinker AFB]], Oklahoma, 20 May 1951
: Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force 16 February 1953 from [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF)
: May 8, 1956 – January 1, 1960, [[West Woodward Airport|Oklaholma City, AFS]], [[Oklaholma]]
: Moved to [[Oklahoma City AFS]], 1 July 1956
* [[34th Air Division]], [[Kirtland AFB]], [[New Mexico]]
: Re-designated 33d Air Division (SAGE) and reassigned to Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960
: February 16, 1953 – January 1, 1960
* [[35th Air Division]], [[Dobbins AFB]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
: Attached: July 1, 1951 – February 1, 1952
: Assigned: February 1, 1952 – April 10, 1955
:: Transferred to [[Eastern Air Defense Force]]
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'''Groups'''
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* [[32d Tactical Fighter Wing|32d Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Minot AFB]], [[North Dakota]]
: February 8, 1957 – July 1, 1960
:: 5th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[53d Wing|53d Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Sioux Gateway Airport|Sioux City Mun Aprt]], [[Iowa]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[56th Fighter Wing|56th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[O'Hare International Airport]], [[Illinois]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
: (Detached from 56th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, [[Selfridge AFB]], [[Michigan]])
:: 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 63d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[79th Medical Wing|79th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport|Youngstown MAP]], [[Ohio]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[122d Fighter Wing|122d Fighter-Interceptor Group]], [[Fort Wayne International Airport|Baer Field]], [[Indiana]]
: [[Indiana]] [[Air National Guard]]
: Active duty: February 1, 1951 – February 7, 1952
:: 113th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 166th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[128th Air Refueling Wing|128th Fighter-Interceptor Group]], [[Dane County Regional Airport|Truax Field]], [[Wisconsin]]
: [[Wisconsin]] [[Air National Guard]]
: Active duty: March 1, 1951 – February 6, 1952
:: 126th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 172d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 176th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[133d Airlift Wing|133d Fighter-Interceptor Group]], [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport|Ft Snelling]], [[Minnesota]]
: [[Minnesota]] [[Air National Guard]]
: Active duty: March 1, 1951 – February 6, 1952
:: 166th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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* [[142d Fighter Wing|142d Fighter-Interceptor Group]], [[O'Hare International Airport]], [[Illinois]]
: [[Oregon]] [[Air National Guard]]
: Active duty: March 1, 1951 – February 6, 1952
:: 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing|327th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Dane County Regional Airport|Truax Field]], [[Wisconsin]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[328th Armament Systems Wing|328th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]], [[Missouri]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[343d Composite Wing|343d Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Duluth International Airport|Duluth MAP]], [[Minnesota]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 11th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[355th Fighter Wing|355th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[McGhee Tyson Airport]], [[Tennessee]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 354th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
:: 469th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[412th Test Wing|412th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Wurtsmith AFB]], [[Michigan]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* 467th Fighter Group, [[Glasgow AFB]], [[Montana]]
: 1959 – July 1, 1960
:: 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
* [[475th Air Base Wing|475th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport]], [[Minnesota]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
* [[507th Air Refueling Wing|507th Fighter Group (Air Defense)]], [[Kincheloe AFB|Kinross AFB]], [[Michigan]]
: August 18, 1955 – July 1, 1960
:: 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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* [[34th Air Division]] (Defense)
=== Active-Duty bases hosting CADF units===
: 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
* [[Colorado]]

: [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|Ent AFB]]
* [[Iowa]]
* [[35th Air Division]]
: Activated at: [[Kansas City, Missouri]] on 1 July 1951
: [[Sioux Gateway Airport|Sioux City AP]]
: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force
* [[Illinois]]
: Moved to [[Dobbins AFB]], Georgia on 1 September 1951
: [[O'Hare International Airport|O'Hare AP]]
: Re-assigned to [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (EADF), 10 April 1955
: [[Scott AFB]]
* [[Indiana]]
: [[Grissom Air Reserve Base|Bunker Hill AFB]]
* [[Kansas]]
: [[Fairfax Airport|Fairfax AFLD]]
* [[Louisiana]]
: [[England AFB]]
* [[Michigan]]
: [[K.I. Sawyer AFB]]
: [[Kincheloe Air Force Base|Kinross/Kincheloe AFB]]
: [[Selfridge AFB]]
: [[Wurtsmith Air Force Base|Oscoda/Wurtsmith AFB]]
* [[Minnesota]]
: [[Duluth International Airport|Duluth IAP]]
: [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis-St. Paul AP]]
* [[Missouri]]
: [[Richards-Gebaur AFB]]
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* [[Montana]]
: [[Glasgow Air Force Base|Glasgow AFB]]
: [[Malmstrom Air Force Base|Malmstrom AFB]] (1953–1960)
* [[North Dakota]]
: [[Grand Forks AFB]]
: [[Minot AFB]]
* [[New Mexico]]
: [[Kirtland AFB]] (1953–1960)
: [[Walker Air Force Base|Walker AFB]]
* [[Ohio]]
: [[Rickenbacker International Airport|Lockbourne AFB]]
: [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base|Wright-Patterson AFB]]
: [[Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport|Youngstown AP]]
* [[South Dakota]]
: [[Ellsworth Air Force Base|Rapid City/Ellsworth AFB]]
* [[Tennessee]]
: [[McGhee Tyson Airport|McGhee Tyson AP]]
* [[Texas]]
: [[Bergstrom Air Force Base|Bergstrom AFB]]
: [[Webb Air Force Base|Webb AFB]]
* [[Wisconsin]]
: [[Dane County Regional Airport|Truax AFLD]]
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[[Image:Adc-regions.jpg|400px]]
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
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}
<small>reference</small><ref>USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).</ref><ref>Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.</ref><ref>Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129. </ref>


=== Operational History===
====Wings====
* [[122d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
Was responsible for the air defense of the Central and Southcentral United States (1951–1960). CADF's area was essentially the area east of the [[Rocky Mountains]] to the west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]], from the [[Canada|Canadian border]] south to the [[Gulf of Mexico]].
: 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


* [[128th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
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 September 12, 1957, [[NORAD]] Headquarters operations commenced at [[Ent Air Force Base]], [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]]. On May 12, 1958, the Canadian and US governments formally exchanged diplomatic notes which constituted the NORAD Agreement. The Central Air Defense Force was inactivated on July 1, 1960 when the NORAD Air Defense Sectors were established.
: Federalized [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951
: Stationed at [[Truax Field Air National Guard Base|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

* [[133d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
: 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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* 153d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
: Federalized [[Pennsylvania Air National Guard]], 16 January 1952
: Stationed at [[New Cumberland, Pennsylvania]], assigned to Central Air Defense Force
: Personnel used to fill vacancies in the [[35th Air Division]]; inactivated 6 February 1952

* 159th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
: Federalized [[Oklahoma Air National Guard]], 1 June 1951
: Stationed at [[Tinker AFB]], Oklahoma
: Attached to [[33d Air Division]], 19 June 1951
: Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952

* 161st Aircraft Control and Warning Group
: Federalized [[California Air National Guard]], 28 January 1952
: Stationed at [[Berkeley, California]], assigned to Central Air Defense Force
: Personnel used to fill vacancies in numerous CADF units; inactivated 6 February 1952

{{Col-break|width=50%}}
* [[543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group]]
: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force
: Stationed at [[Fort Snelling]], Minnesota on 1 January 1951
: Re-assigned to [[31st Air Division]] (Defense), 10 July 1951

* [[4676th Air Defense Group]]
: Assigned to Central Air Defense Force
: Stationed at [[Grandview AFB]], Missouri
: Re-assigned to [[33d Air Division]], 2 March 1954
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==See also ==
==See also==
* [[Eastern Air Defense Force]]
* [[Eastern Air Defense Force]]
* [[Western Air Defense Force]]
* [[Western Air Defense Force]]


== References ==
==References==
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{User:NDCompuGeek/templates/Template:AFHRA}}
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* 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.


== External links ==
==External links==
{{Aerospace Defense Command|state=collapsed}}
{{portal|United States Air Force|Seal of the US Air Force.svg}}
{{portalpar|Military of the United States|Flag of the United States.svg|65}}


[[Category:Aerospace Defense Command units]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Missouri]]
[[Category:1960 disestablishments in Missouri]]

Latest revision as of 02:15, 1 January 2024

Central Air Defense Force
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
Active1951–1960
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleAir Defense
Part ofAir 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

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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.

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]

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]

Wings

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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

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References

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Public Domain 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.
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