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Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector
The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector (OCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma. History Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector was established in 1960Cornett & Johnson, p. 58 as manual sector as part of phaseout of Central Air Defense Force; it was discontinued 1 September 1961 and its personnel and equipment transferred to the 4752d Air Defense Wing, which was designated. organized and assigned to the 32nd Air Division on 1 September 1961.Cornett & Johnson, p. 67 This change was short-lived, for the 4752nd Wing was discontinued and replaced once again by the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector on 25 June 1963 as a result of the realignment and expansion of the 29th Air Division. Finally, the sector was inactivated and replaced by the 31st Air Division on 1 April 1966. The sector operated a Manual Air Defense Control Center (ADCC), P-86, later re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inactivated in 1950, reactivated in 1951, and then redesignated ''Aerospace'' rather than ''Air'' in 1968. Its mission was to provide air defense of the Continental United States (CONUS). It directly controlled all active measures, and was tasked to coordinate all passive means of air defense. Air defense during World War II Continental United States air defense forces during World War II were initially under the command of the four air districts – Northeast Air District, Northwest Air District, Southeast Air District, and Southwest Air District. The air districts were established on 16 January 1941, before the Pearl Harbor attack. The four air districts also handled USAAF combat training with the Army Ground F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England AFB
England Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Louisiana, located northwest of Alexandria and about northwest of New Orleans. Originally known as Alexandria Army Air Base, on 23 June 1955 the facility was renamed England Air Force Base in honor of Lt Col John Brooke England (1923–1954)."Alexandria and Pineville Salute England AFB, Louisiana", BP Industries, Inc., Midland, Texas, 1973, page 7. The base was closed in 1992. The airfield and buildings are now Alexandria International Airport. Three episodes of ''The Crocodile Hunter'' were recorded in this base because the area is an important area for conservation. History The base was opened on 21 October 1942 and during the Second World War performed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircrew training. It was placed on inactive status on 23 September 1946, although a small cadre of Army and Air Force personnel (331 Composite Squadron) remained assigned to Alexandria Municipal Airport throughout the late 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
703d Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyote AFS
Pyote Air Force Base was a World War II United States Army Air Forces training airbase. It was on a mile from the town of Pyote, Texas, on Interstate 20, 20 miles west of Monahans and just south of U.S. Highway 80, east of El Paso. It was nicknamed "Rattlesnake Bomber Base" for the numerous rattlesnake dens that were uncovered during its construction. At the height of its use in 1944, the base had over 6,000 officers and enlisted men, either permanently assigned or temporarily attached. In addition, hundreds of civilians came from all over the United States to work on the base. After World War II, thousands of reserve aircraft were stored there, one of which was the B-29 ''Enola Gay''. Today, most of the base is gone. Other than the concrete runways, taxiways, and ramp, virtually nothing remains that would tell the casual observer that this was once a major training center responsible for turning out highly trained flying crews. In later years, the West Texas State Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
697th Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
The 697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Pyote Air Force Station, Texas. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Established as the 697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 8 December 1956 : Inactivated on 1 August 1963 Assignments * 34th Air Division, 8 December 1956 * Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960 * 4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June-1 August 1963 Stations * Kirtland AFB Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is a public airport six miles (10 km) east of downtown Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, United States. The airport was renamed in 2003 after NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster in February of that year. History Early years The first recorded landing of aircraft in Amarillo occurred on 27 April 1918, when two Army Signal Corps planes, commanded by a Lt. R. Gray, landed in a pasture located in the 500 block of N. Polk. They refueled at the corner of NE 4th and N. Polk, before taking off again. In 1919, pilot-mechanics Fred W. Hinds and Jack Hiller, stationed at Call Field, flew W.K. Whipple to the same pasture. Whipple met with Porter Whaley, the head of Amarillo's Board of City Development, about starting an aviation company. The result was the Panhandle Air Service and Transportation Co. Panhandle Aerial Service and Transportation Co. was based at Amarillo's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
688th Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
The 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Activated as 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 October 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968 Assignments * 25th Air Division, 1 October 1953 * 33d Air Division, 26 December 1953 * Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960 * 4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June 1963 * 31st Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 8 September 1968 Stations * Geiger Field, Washington, 1 October 1953 * Tinker AFB Tinker Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Mesa AFS
West Mesa Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-94, NORAD ID: Z-94) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was closed by the Air Force in 1968 and turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The site is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). History West Mesa Air Force Station was established as part of the planned deployment by Air Defense Command of forty-four Mobile radar stations across the United States to support the permanent Radar network established during the Cold War for air defense of the United States. This deployment had been projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment. A temporary Lashup (L-45) station was operational at Kirtland AFB by late 1949. The Lashup station provided coverage for the Albuquerque-Los Alamos region. The site used AN/CPS-5 and AN/CPS-4 radars, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
686th Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
The 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Established as the 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 October 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963 Assignments * 34th Air Division, 1 October 1953 * Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960 * 4752d Air Defense Wing The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector (OCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma. History Oklahoma City A ..., 1 September 1961 * Oklahoma City Air Defen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Cruces AFS
Las Cruces Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-95) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was closed in 1963. History Las Cruces Air Force Station was established as part of the planned deployment by Air Defense Command of forty-four Mobile radar stations across the United States to support the permanent Radar network established during the Cold War for air defense of the United States. This deployment had been projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment. The 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to Las Cruces AFS by the 34th Air Division on 1 December 1954. The site consisted of 25 buildings, five barracks, 27 family housing units and several maintenance buildings. It was manned by eighteen officers and 208 airmen and NCOs. Facilities included a station theater, where films were shown f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
685th Aircraft Control And Warning Squadron
The 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Las Cruces Air Force Station, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Established as 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 27 November 1950 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952 * Activated on 1 December 1953 : Discontinued on 1 August 1963 Assignments * 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950 - 6 February 1952 * 4702d Defense Wing, 1 December 1953 * 34th Air Division, 1 January 1954 * Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960 * 4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June 1963 - 1 August 1963 Stations * Norton AFB, California, 1 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
