4733d Air Defense Group

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4733d Air Defense Group

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473ed Air Defense Group

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Active 1957–1958
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Role Air Defense
Part of Air Defense Command

The 4733d Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division, being stationed at Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was last active on 1 May 1958

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History

Organized by Air Defense Command (ADC) when ADC assumed the mission of Northeast Air Command (NEAC) after NEAC's inactivation.[1] The group's mission was to provide support for Distant Early Warning Line (DEW) radar sites. Also controlled two general surveillance radar sites in high latitudes of northern Canada, which had been assigned directly to NEAC's 64th Air Division.

Discontinued and DEW support mission taken over by 4601st Support Group (DEW), Paramus, New Jersey,[2][1][3] while its radar stations were assigned to the 4732d Air Defense Group at Goose AFB, Labrador.[4]

Lineage

  • Organized as 4733d Air Defense Group on 1 April 1957
Discontinued on 1 May 1958

Assignments

  • 64th Air Division, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Components

Resolution Island AS, Northern Territories, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958
Frobisher Bay AB, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Stations

  • Frobisher Bay, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Commander

  • Lt Col. Homer E. Chatfield, 1 April 1957 - 1 May 1958[5]

See also

References

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

  1. ^ a b Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980. Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 89. http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf. 
  2. ^ Abstract, History of 64th Air Div, Jan 1958-Jun 1958 (accessed 20 Jan 2012)
  3. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 87
  4. ^ Cornett & Johnson, pp. 104, 105
  5. ^ Abstract, History of 4733rd Air Def Gp, Apr 1957-May 1948 (accessed 20 Jan 2012)

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