4732d Air Defense Group
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The 4732nd Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division of Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1960. The group was formed in 1957 when ADC assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland and Northern Canada from Northeast Air Command and controlled a fighter-interceptor squadron at Harmon and seven squadrons operating radars at dispersed locations. It was discontinued when Goose Air Defense Sector assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland and Northern Canada.
History
The group was formed in 1957 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland from Northeast Air Command (NEAC).{{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|page=89|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}} It was a tenant organization at Goose AFB, a Strategic Air Command base, whose 4082nd Air Base Group (later 4082nd Combat Support Group) assumed host base duties from NEAC.[http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/465/785.xml Abstract, History of 64th Air Div, Apr 1957 – Dec 1957] (accessed 19 January 2012) it controlled both radar and fighter squadrons in Canada. It was assigned the 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), flying Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft,Cornett & Johnson, p.117 and the 4739th Radar Evaluation Flight, which were already stationed at Goose, and seven remote Aircraft Control & Warning Squadrons as operational elements, all of which were transferred from NEAC.{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 August 2023 |edition=reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|page=233}}Cornett & Johnson, p. 97Cornett & Johnson, p. 105Cornett & Johnson, p. 106 The group provided air defense of northeast North America.{{Citation needed|reason=need support for area of responsibility|date=June 2012}} The 4732d was discontinued in 1960 and its subordinate units were assigned to the Goose Air Defense Sector.
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- Designated and organized as 4732nd Air Defense Group on 1 April 1957
: Discontinued on 1 April 1960
Assignments
Components
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- 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
- 4739th Radar Evaluation Flight (Electronic Countermeasures), 1 April 1957 – early 1958Cornett & Johnson, p. 176. The flight was reassigned from NEAC's 64th Air Division and redesignated from 6630th Radar Evaluation Flight
- 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
: Melville AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
: Resolution Island AS, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960
: Saint Anthony AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
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: Cartwright AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
: Hopedale AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
: Saglek AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
: Frobisher Bay AB, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960
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Stations
=Aircraft=
- F-89J 1957–1960
See also
References
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- {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite book|last=Leonard|first=Barry|title=History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf|volume=II, 1955–1972|year=2009|publisher=Center for Military History|location=Fort McNair, DC|isbn=978-1-4379-2131-1|access-date=24 June 2012|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216135402/https://history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 August 2023 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F.|author2=Webster, Julie L|title=Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program|url= http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |year=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|lccn=97020912}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}