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Military unit
482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-90-CO Delta Dagger 57-823, Washington Air Defense Sector, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, October 1962, Deployed at Homestead AFB, Florida during Cuban Missile Crisis
Map of Washington D.C. ADS
The Washington Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactive
United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the
Air Defense Command (ADC)
26th Air Division , being stationed at
Fort Lee Air Force Station (AFS), Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.
History
WaADS was established in December 1956 as the 4625th Air Defense Wing .
[1] It was not assigned any units until 1958 when it assumed control of former ADC
Eastern Air Defense Force units primarily in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.
[2] Units of the
32d Air Division in North and South Carolina were transferred to WaADS in 1961 as the 26th Air Division area of responsibility expanded southward.
[3] The organization provided command and control over several aircraft, missile and
radar squadrons.
On 1 February 1959 the new
Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-04) became operational.
37°15′09″N 077°19′21″W / 37.25250°N 77.32250°W / 37.25250; -77.32250 (WaADS-SAGE DC-04 ) DC-04 was equipped with dual
AN/FSQ-7 Computers . The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet
interceptor aircraft (
F-101 Voodoo ;
F-102 Delta Dagger ;
F-106 Delta Dart ) or
interceptor missiles (
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.
The sector was eliminated on 1 April 1966 due to a general reorganization of Air Defense Command, most of its assigned units being reassigned to the
33d Air Division
Lineage
Designated as 4625th Air Defense Wing , SAGE and organized on 1 December 1956
Redesignated Washington Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments
85th Air Division , 1 December 1956
26th Air Division, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
Stations
Fort Lee AFS, Virginia, 1 December 1956 – 1 April 1966
Components
Interceptor squadrons
Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
Andrews AFB , Maryland, 1 September 1958 – 1 July 1963
Charleston AFB , South Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 April 1966
Seymour Johnson AFB , North Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 October 1965
Missile squadron
Langley AFB , Virginia, 1 September 1959 – 1 April 1966
Radar squadrons
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station , North Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 August 1963
Roanoke Rapids AFS , North Carolina, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
Manassas AFS , Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 25 June 1965
Bedford AFS , Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
Fort Fisher AFS , North Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 April 1966
Fort George G. Meade , Maryland, 1 October 1961 – 1 April 1966
Cape Charles AFS , Virginia, 1 September 1958 – 1 April 1966
North Charleston AFS , South Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 April 1966
Winston-Salem AFS , North Carolina, 1 July 1961 – 1 April 1966
Weapons Systems
F-101B 1961-1966
F-102A, 1958-1965
F-106A, 1959-1966
IM-99 (later CIM-10), 1959-1966
See also
Notes
^ 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.
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 31 (Map)
^
Abstract, History of 26th Air Div, Jan-Jun 1961 (accessed 6 Feb 2012)
^ 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. 209.
ISBN
0-405-12194-6 .
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 116
^ Maurer, p. 318
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 121
^ Maurer, p. 550
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 128
^ Maurer, p. 580
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 129
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
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^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 162
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References
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
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