4727th Air Defense Group

4727th Air Defense Group
465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D Sabre 51-3078, Griffiss AFB, New York, 1959
Active	1957–1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Defense
Part of	Air Defense Command

The 4727th Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Syracuse Air Defense Sector, being stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. It was discontinued on 15 October 1959

Contents 1 History 1.1 Lineage 1.2 Assignments 1.3 Stations 1.4 Components 1.5 Operations 1.6 Aircraft 2 References 3 External links

History

Established to provide a headquarters for ADC Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons stationed at Griffiss AFB^[1], an Air Materiel Command base^[2], whose Rome Air Force Depot (until February 1958) and 2856th Air Base Wing (after February 1958) acted as host base organizations.^[3] Assigned the 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), flying F-94 "Starfire" aircraft^[4] and 465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying F-89 "Scorpion" aircraft^[5] as its operational components.^[6] These squadrons were already stationed at Griffiss and had been assigned to the 4711th Air Defense Wing.^[7] Aircraft maintenance was centralized in the 606th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (CAMS), which was activated at Griffiss in August.^[8] The 27th FIS converted to F-102 "Delta Darts" in the fall of 1957.^[9] In July 1959 The 465th FIS and the 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was stationed at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts swapped equipment, personnel, and stations.^[10] Discontinued when the 27th FIS moved to Loring AFB, Maine in October 1959, leaving only a single operational ADC squadron at Griffiss. The 49th FIS was then assigned directly to the Syracuse Air Defense Sector,^[11] and the 606th CAMS was inactivated^[12]

Lineage

• Organized as 4727th Air Defense Group on 8 February 1957

Discontinued on 15 October 1959

Assignments

• 32d Air Division, 8 February 1957 -1 August 1958
• Syracuse Air Defense Sector, 1 August 1958 – 15 October 1959

Stations

• Griffiss AFB, New York, 8 February 1957 – 15 October 1959

Components

• 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 8 February 1957 – 1 October 1959
• 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 July 1959 −15 October 1959
• 465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 8 February 1957 – 1 July 1959
• 606th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 8 August 1957 - 1 July 1959

Operations

Responsible for Air Defense of the Northeast 1957-1959.

Aircraft

• F-89H 1957-1959
• F-89J 1957-1959
• F-94C 1957
• F-102A 1957-1959

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
• Maurer, Maurer. (ed.), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force [2] Office of Air Force History, Washington, DC, 1969 (reprint 1982) ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
• Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, [3] Office of Air Force History, Washington DC (1989) ISBN 0-912799-53-6.

External links

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