Central Air Defense Force
Central Air Defense Force
 Air Defense Command | |
|---|---|
 North Amerian F-86D Sabre at the National Museum of the United States Air Force assigned to the 97th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during the mid-1950s. | |
| 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 deactivated on July 1, 1960.
CADF 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 Canadian border south to the Gulf of Mexico.
History
Lineage
- Established as Central Air Defense Force (CADF) and organized 5 February 1951
- Organized 1 March 1951
- Inactivated 1 July 1960
Assignments
- Air Defense Command, 1 February 1951 – 1 July 1960
Stations
- Kansas City, Missouri, 5 February 1951
- Grandview AFB, Missouri, 24 February 1954
- Site re-designated: Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 27 April 1957-July 1, 1960
Components
Air Divisions
|
|
Wings
- 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 Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport, Minnesota
- 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
Groups
- 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
See also
References
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
