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4722d Air Defense Group

Field	Value
unit_name	4722d Air Defense Group
image	329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre 52-3719.jpg
image_size	300
caption	[329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron](329th-fighter-interceptor-squadron) F-86D Sabre at George AFB
dates	1956–1958
country
branch
type	Fighter interceptor
role	Air defense

The 4722d Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 27th Air Division at George Air Force Base, California, where it was discontinued in 1958.

The group was formed to provide a single command and support organization for the two fighter interceptor squadrons of Air Defense Command (ADC), that were tenants at George, a Tactical Air Command base. It was discontinued when the 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was scheduled to move in 1958, leaving only a single ADC fighter squadron at George.

History

The group was established as the 4722d Air Defense Group to provide a headquarters for Air Defense Command (ADC) fighter-interceptor squadrons stationed at George Air Force Base, California, a Tactical Air Command (TAC) base. TAC's 479th Air Base Group (until July 1957) and 839th Air Base Group (after July 1957) acted as host base organizations for the group. aircraft which were also radar equipped but armed with Folding-Fin Aerial Rockets, as its operational components. The 329th upgraded to newer model F-86s in the spring of 1957 which, like the 327th's F-102s, were equipped with data link to tie them into the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment command and control system. The group was discontinued when the 327th was scheduled to move to Thule Air Base, Greenland in July 1958, leaving only a single operational ADC squadron at George. Its squadrons were then assigned directly to the 27th Air Division.

Lineage

Designated as the 4722d Air Defense Group and organized on 1 December 1956 : Discontinued on 25 June 1958

Assignments

27th Air Division, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

Components

327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958
329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

Stations

George Air Force Base, California, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

Aircraft

North American F-86D Sabre: 1956–1957
North Emerican F-86L Sabre: 1956–1957
Convair F-102A Delta Dart: 1956–1958

Commanders

Lt Col. Harris F. Krause, unknown – 25 June 1958

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

References

Cornett & Johnson, p. 89
Mueller, pp. 188–189
The 4722d was assigned the [[327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], flying [[radar]] equipped and [[air-to-air missile]]–armed [[Convair F-102 Delta Dagger]] aircraft, and [[329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], flying [[North American F-86 Sabre]]Cornett & Johnson, p. 126
Maurer, p. 403
Maurer, p. 406
"Abstract, History 4722 Air Defense Group, Jan–Jun 1958". Air Force History Index.

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