The Kansas City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive

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organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command

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, being stationed at

Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Formerly, it was oper ...

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. It was inactivated on 1 January 1962.

History

Established in January 1960 assuming control of former ADC

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units with a mission to provide air defense of

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and eastern Oklahoma. Operated a Manual Direction Center. The day-to-day operations of the command was to train and maintain tactical flying units flying jet interceptor aircraft (

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; F-102 Delta Dagger;

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) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft. The sector was eliminated on 1 January 1962 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation, the command's units being reassigned to several (20th, 34th, 32d) Air Divisions.

Lineage

* Established as Kansas City Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960 : Inactivated on 1 January 1962

Assignments

33d Air Division The 33rd Air Division (33d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on ...

, 1 January 1960 *

, 1 July 1961 – 1 January 1962

Stations

Richards-Gebaur AFB Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Formerly, it was oper ...

, 1 January 1960 – 1 January 1962

Components

Wing

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(Air Defense) :

, Missouri, 1 February-1 July 1961

Groups

* 53d Fighter Group (Air Defense) : Sioux City Airport, Iowa, 1 January-1 April 1960 *

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(Air Defense) :

, Missouri, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

Radar squadrons

* 725th Radar Squadron : Walnut Ridge AFS, Arkansas, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961 *

738th Radar Squadron The 738th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Olathe Air Force Station, Kansas. It was deactivated on 8 September 1968. The unit was a ...

Olathe AFS Olathe Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force radar station that was located in Gardner, Kansas. It was located next to Naval Air Station Olathe, now the grounds of New Century AirCenter. History In 1950 the United States Air For ...

, Kansas, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961 * 787th Radar Squadron :

Chandler AFS Chandler Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is south of Chandler, Minnesota, on the Buffalo Ridge in section 13 of Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota, Murray County. It was clo ...

, Minnesota, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961 * 789th Radar Squadron :

Omaha AFS Omaha Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-71, NORAD ID: Z-71) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north of Omaha, Nebraska. It was closed in 1968. History Omaha Air Force Station was one of twenty- ...

, Nebraska, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961 * 796th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Bartlesville AFS, Oklahoma, 1 January 1960-1 June 1961 * 797th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Fordland AFS, Missouri, 1 January 1960-1 June 1961 * 798th Radar Squadron :

Belleville AFS Belleville Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located southeast of Belleville, Illinois. It was closed in 1968. History Belleville AFS was one of twenty-eight stations built as p ...

, Illinois, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

References

* 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. * Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . * Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .
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