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Active
  
1961–1962

Role
  
Air Defense

Country
  
Part of
  
Air Defense Command

Kansas City Air Defense Sector

The Kansas City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inactivated on 1 January 1962.

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History

Established in January 1960 assuming control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units with a mission to provide air defense of Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas along with sections of southern Missouri; Illinois; Indiana and Ohio; western West Virginia; Virginia; North and South Carolina; northern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and small sections of northeast Texas 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 (F-94 Starfire; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-106 Delta Dart) 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, 1 January 1960
  • 29th Air Division, 1 July 1961 – 1 January 1962
  • Stations

  • Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 January 1960 – 1 January 1962
  • Wing

  • 328th Fighter Wing (Air Defense)
  • Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 February-1 July 1961

    Groups

  • 53d Fighter Group (Air Defense)
  • Sioux City Airport, Iowa, 1 January-1 April 1960
  • 328th Fighter Group (Air Defense)
  • Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

    References

    Kansas City Air Defense Sector Wikipedia


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