Detroit Air Defense Sector

Detroit Air Defense Sector
Emblem of the Detroit Air Defense Sector
Active	1958–1966
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Defense
Part of	Air Defense Command

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Map of Detroit ADS

The Detroit Air Defense Sector (DADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.

History

DADS was established in September 1958 at Custer AFS, Michigan assuming control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units with a mission to provide air defense of lower Michigan northeast Indiana and most of Ohio. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.

On 1 September 1959 the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-06) and Combat Center (CC-01) became operational. 42°19′18″N 085°16′00″W / 42.32167°N 85.2666667°W / 42.32167; -85.2666667 (DADS-SAGE DC-06) DC-06 was equipped with dual AN/FSQ-7 Computers. The day-to-day operations of the command was to train and maintain tactical flying units flying jet interceptor aircraft (F-94 Starfire; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-106 Delta Dart) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.

The Sector was inactivated 1 April 1966 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation, most units being reassigned to 34th or 29th Air Division.

Lineage

• Activated as 4627th Air Defense Wing, 8 January 1957

Re-designated as Detroit Air Defense Sector on 1 September 1958

Inactivated on 1 April 1966.

Assignments

• 30th Air Division, 8 January 1957
• 26th Air Division, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966

Stations

• Custer Air Force Station, Michigan, 8 January 1957 – 1 April 1966

Components

Wing

• 1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense)

Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 1 April 1959-1 April 1966

Group

• 79th Fighter Group (Air Defense)

Youngstown Airport, Ohio, 1 April 1959-1 March 1960

Interceptor Squadrons

56th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 1 April 1959-1 March 1960 87th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, 1 April 1959-1 April 1966

319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana, 1 April 1959-1 March 1960 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, 15 July 1963-1 April 1966

Missile Squadron

• 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)

Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site, New York, 4 September 1963-1 April 1966

Radar Squadrons

661st Radar Squadron (SAGE) Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 1 April 1959-1 April 1966 662d Radar Squadron (SAGE) Oakdale AFS, Pennsylvania, 1 November 1959-15 June 1960; 4 September 1963-1 April 1966 664th Radar Squadron (SAGE) Bellefontaine AFS, Ohio, 1 April 1959-1 April 1966 752d Radar Squadron (SAGE) Empire AFS, Michigan, 15 July 1963-1 April 1966 754th Radar Squadron (SAGE) Port Austin AFS, Michigan, 1 April 1959-1 April 1966

763d Radar Squadron (SAGE) Lockport AFS, New York, 4 September 1963-1 April 1966 781st Radar Squadron (SAGE) Custer AFS, Michigan, 1 April 1959-25 June 1965 783d Radar Squadron (SAGE) Guthrie AFS, West Virginia, 1 July 1961-1 April 1966 784th Radar Squadron (SAGE) Snow Mountain AFS, Kentucky, 1 August 1961-25 May 1962

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
• Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons

References

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• 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.
• 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.
• Radomes.org Detroit Air Defense Sector

External links

• Photos of Detroit Air Defense Sector SAGE facilities