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Military unit
Map of Syracuse ADS
The Syracuse Air Defense Sector (SADS) is an inactive
United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the
Air Defense Command (ADC)
26th Air Division at
Hancock Field , New York.
SADS was established in October 1956 as the 4624th Air Defense Wing , SAGE at Syracuse Air Force Station (AFS), New York, assuming control of former ADC
Eastern Air Defense Force units primarily in western New York, most of Pennsylvania and a small portion of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia.
[1] It controlled several aircraft and
radar squadrons.
On 15 August 1958 the new
Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-03) and Combat Center (CC-01) became operational.
43°07′19″N 076°06′01″W / 43.12194°N 76.10028°W / 43.12194; -76.10028 (SADS-SAGE DC-03, CC-01 ) DC-03 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-89 Scorpion ,
F-101 Voodoo ,
F-102 Delta Dagger ) and operating
radars and
interceptor missiles (
CIM-10 Bomarc )in a state of
readiness with training missions and a series of
exercises with
Strategic Air Command and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft. In early 1958, Syracuse AFS was renamed Hancock Field.
The Sector was inactivated on 4 September 1963 when the 26th Air Division headquarters moved to Hancock Field and the Syracuse Sector, in a realignment of sector boundaries, merged with the
Boston Air Defense Sector .
Lineage
Designated as 4624th Air Defense Wing , SAGE and organized on 1 October 1956
Redesignated Syracuse Air Defense Sector on 8 January 1957
Inactivated on 4 September 1963
Assignments
32nd Air Division , 1 October 1956
26th Air Division, 15 August 1958 – 4 September 1963
Stations
Syracuse AFS, (later Hancock Field) New York, 1 October 1956 – 4 September 1963
Components
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport , New York, 1 September 1958 – 1 July 1960
Griffiss AFB , New York, 1 August 1959 – 4 September 1963
Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site , New York, 1 June 1960 – 4 September 1963
Radar Squadrons
Benton AFS , Pennsylvania, 15 August 1958 – 4 September 1963
Watertown AFS , New York, 1 September 1958 – 4 September 1963
Brookfield AFS , Ohio (moved to
Oakdale Army Installation ), Pennsylvania in July 1960, 15 June 1960 – 4 September 1963
Lockport AFS , New York, 1 September 1958 – 4 September 1963
Claysburg AFS , Pennsylvania, 15 August 1958 – 1 May 1961
Weapons Systems
F-89J, 1959-1959
F-101B, 1959-1963
F-102A, 1958-1960
IM-99 (later CIM-10), 1960-1963
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. 37 (Map).
^
Factsheet, 15th Air Base Wing
Archived 2014-04-22 at the
Wayback Machine (accessed 5 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. 213.
ISBN
0-405-12194-6 .
^
Factsheet, 49th Fighter Training Squadron
Archived 2016-03-03 at the
Wayback Machine (accessed 5 Feb 2012)]
^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 150
^
a
b
c Cornett & Johnson, pp. 156-58
^
a
b Cornett & Johnson, pp. 165-67
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
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