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==See also==
* [[List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force]]
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]
* [[Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons]]

* [[176th Air Control Squadron|Alaskan Air Defense Sector]] (176th Air Control Squadron)
* [[169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron|Hawaii Region Air Operations Center]] (169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron)
* [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]]

* [[Western Air Defense Sector]]
* [[Eastern Air Defense Sector]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:02, 17 February 2011

Montgomery Air Defense Sector
Emblem of the Montgomery Air Defense Sector
Active1957-1969
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleAir Defense
Part ofAir Defense Command
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The Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MoADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.

History

Cold War

The MoADS was established in September 1957 with a mission to train and maintain tactical flying units in state of readiness in order to defend the Southeastern United States, assuming control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units. It's original region consisted of ADC atmospheric forces (fighter-interceptor and radar units) located east of the Mississippi River south of the 34th parallel north and east to a designated line west of the 86th meridian west, southeast to the southernmost point of Key Largo Island, Florida.

It was consolidated on 1 January 1959 with the Shreveport and Miami Air Defense Sectors, defining a region south of 34th parallel north, bordering on the east along the intersection of the parallel southeast along the Georgia/South Carolina border to the Atlantic coastline. In the west, the Sector was responsible for most of Eastern Texas south of the 34th parallel north, including the state of Louisiana, eastwards. It operated a Manual Air Direction Center (MCC) at Dobbins AFB, Georgia.

Beginning on 1 July 1958 it began operations of a SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) Direction Center DC-09 32°45′15″N 086°14′29″W / 32.75417°N 86.24139°W / 32.75417; -86.24139 (MOADS-SAGE DC-09) at Gunter AFB, Alabama.

On 1 April 1966, MoADS was inactivated, as did the other 22 sectors in the country. Most of its assets were assumed by the 32d Air Division; the 33d Air Division assumed assets in eastern North and South Carolina. The DC-09 SAGE Direction Center was assigned to the 32d Air Division, remaining in operation until 31 December 1969. Today it is used as offices by Air University, Air Education and Training Command at Gunter AFB.

Modern era

On 1 July 1987, the Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MOADS) was reactivated, and co-located with the 23d Air Division. The 23d Air Division was inactivated and all atmospheric defense assets of the Division were transferred to the MOADS, re-designated the Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS).

SEADS was responsible for the atmospheric defense of approximately 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 km2) of airspace and 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of coastline extending from Virginia to Texas. It was the busiest of the air defense sectors comprising the NORAD Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. It operated a Sector Operations Control Center (SOCC), part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS) which had replaced SAGE in 1983. This system, using the latest advances in computerized airspace control, relied on digitized radar inputs from ground radar sites and tethered aerostat radar balloons. More than 2,000 aircraft were detected and identified each day by SEADS technicians and operators.

On 1 October 1995, the Southeast Air Defense Sector was reassigned to the Florida Air National Guard; SEADS re-designated Southeast Air Defense Sector (ANG). It came under the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) Headquarters at Tyndall AFB, Florida.

On 1 November 2005, the Southeast Air Defense Sector was inactivated; all assets were transferred to the Northeast Air Defense Sector.

Lineage

  • Established as: Montgomery Air Defense Sector on 8 September 1957
Inactivated on 1 April 1966; redesignated as 32d Air Division
  • Re-designated as Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS) and activated, 1 July 1987
Inactivated 1 November 2005

Assignments

Stations

Components

Wing

  • 4751st Air Defense Wing (Missile)
Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #9, Florida, 1 October 1959-1 July 1962

Interceptor Squadrons

Homestead AFB, Florida, 1 March 1963-1 December 1969
Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina, 1 July 1965-30 June 1969

Missile Squadron

  • 4751st Air Defense Squadron (Missile)
Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #9, Florida, 1 July 1962-1 July 1963

Radar Squadrons

See also

References

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

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
  • Radomes.org Montgomery Air Defense Sector

External links

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