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Emblem of the Syracuse Air Defense Sector |
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| Active | 1958–1963 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Air Defense |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
The Syracuse Air Defense Sector (SADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Syracuse Air Force Station, New York.
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SADS was established in January 1957 assuming control of former ADC Eastern Air Defense Force units primarily in western New York and Pennsylvania. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.
On 15 August 1958 the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-03) and Combat Center (CC-01) became operational. DC-03 was equipped with dual AN/FSQ-7 Computers. 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 inactivated on 4 September 1963 when the 26th Air Division Headquarters was moved to Hancock and the Syracuse Sector, in a realignment of sector boundaries, merged with the Boston Air Defense Sector.
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.