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* [[23d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
* [[23d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
: Activated at [[Presque Isle AFB]], Maine, 1 January 1951
: Activated at [[Presque Isle AFB]], Maine, 1 January 1951
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: Moved to [[Baer Field]], Indiana, 1 May 1951
: Moved to [[Baer Field]], Indiana, 1 May 1951
: Re-assigned to [[Central Air Defense Force]] (CADF), 1 December 1951
: Re-assigned to [[Central Air Defense Force]] (CADF), 1 December 1951

* [[128th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
: Federalized [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951
: Stationed at General Mitchell Field, Wisconsin
: Moved to [[Truax Field Air National Guard Base|Truax Field]], Wisconsin, 16 February 1951
: Re-assigned to [[Central Air Defense Force]] (CADF), 20 May 1951

* [[133d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
: Federalized [[Minnesota Air National Guard]], 10 February 1951
: Stationed at [[Holman Field]], Minnesota
: Re-assigned to [[Central Air Defense Force]] (CADF) 20 May 1951

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* [[142d Fighter-Interceptor Wing]]
: Federalized [[Oregon Air National Guard]]
: Stationed at [[Geiger Field]], Washington
: Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force from [[Western Air Defense Force]] (WADF), 11 April 1951
: Moved to [[O'Hare International Airport]], Illinois, 1 May 1951
: Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952

* [[551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing]]
: Stationed at [[Otis AFB]], Massachusetts
: Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force from [[8th Air Division]] (AEW&Con), 1 July 1957
: Re-assigned to [[26th Air Division]], 1 July 1959

* [[4621st Air Defense Wing]] (SAGE)
: Stationed at [[McGuire AFB]], New Jersey
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 April 1956
: Re-assigned to [[26th Air Division]], 18 October 1956

* [[4622d Air Defense Wing]] (SAGE)
: Stationed at [[Stewart AFB]], New York
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 June 1956
: Re-assigned to [[26th Air Division]], 18 October 1956

* [[4706th Air Defense Wing]]
: Stationed at [[O'Hare International Airport]], Illinois
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
: Re-assigned to [[30th Air Division]], 16 February 1953

* [[4708th Air Defense Wing]]
: Stationed at [[Selfridge AFB]], Michigan
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1953
: Re-assigned to [[30th Air Division]], 16 February 1953

* [[4709th Defense Wing]]
: Stationed at [[McGuire AFB]], New Jersey
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
: Re-assigned to [[26th Air Division]], 16 February 1953

* [[4710th Defense Wing]]
: Stationed at [[New Castle AFB]], Delaware
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
: Re-assigned to [[26th Air Division]], 16 February 1953

* [[4711th Defense Wing]]
: Stationed at [[Presque Isle AFB]], Maine
: Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
: Re-assigned to [[32d Air Division]], 16 February 1953
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 13:23, 7 February 2011

Eastern Air Defense Force
Air Defense Command
Emblem of the Eastern Air Defense Force
Active1949–1960
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleAir Defense
Part ofAir Defense Command

The Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960.

History

EADF was an intermediate-level command and control organization of Air Defense Command. It's origins date to 1 March 1949 when Continental Air Command (ConAC) reorganized Air Defense Command when it became an operating agency. Air defense units within the Continental United States (CONUS) were given to the Eastern and Western Air Defense Liaison Groups, with Western and Eastern Air Defense Forces activated on 1 September 1949.

EADF was originally assigned the area of the Continental United Stats (CONUS) east of a border aligned south from the Canada/Minnesota/North Dakota border to the Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Louisiana border, and eastward along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Ocean. In 1951 Central Air Defense Force (CADF) was established and the EADF controlled-area west of the Appalachian Mountains was turned over to CADF.

Lineage

  • Established as Eastern Air Defense Force and organized September 1, 1949.
Discontinued July 1, 1960

Assignments

Stations

Components

Air Divisions

Wings

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1)
  • 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
  • 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.
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