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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.
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 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

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

See also

References

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