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4732d Air Defense Group

Field	Value
unit_name	4732nd Air Defense Group
image	RCAF Station Hopedale - 1964-1965.jpg
image_size	300
caption	4732d Air Defense Group radar station at Hopedale, Labrador
dates	1957–1960
country
branch
role	Air defense

The 4732nd Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division of Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1960. The group was formed in 1957 when ADC assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland and Northern Canada from Northeast Air Command and controlled a fighter-interceptor squadron at Harmon and seven squadrons operating radars at dispersed locations. It was discontinued when Goose Air Defense Sector assumed responsibility for the air defense of Newfoundland and Northern Canada.

History

Lineage

Designated and organized as the 4732nd Air Defense Group on 1 April 1957 : Discontinued on 1 April 1960

Assignments

64th Air Division, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960

Components

59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
4739th Radar Evaluation Flight (Electronic Countermeasures), 1 April 1957 – early 1958
641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Melville Air Station, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Resolution Island Air Station, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960
921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saint Anthony Air Station, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Cartwright Air Station, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Hopedale Air Station, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
924th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saglek Air Station, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960
926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Frobisher Bay Air Base, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960

Stations

Goose Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960

Aircraft

Northrop F-89J Scorpion 1957–1960

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

; Further reading

References

Cornett & Johnson, p. 89
No byline. "Abstract, History of 64th Air Division, Apr 1957 – Dec 1957". Air Force History Index.
Cornett & Johnson, p.117
Maurer, p. 233
Cornett & Johnson, p. 97
Cornett & Johnson, p. 105
Cornett & Johnson, p. 106
Cornett & Johnson, p. 176

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