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4733d Air Defense Group

Field	Value
unit_name	4733d Air Defense Group
image	Map of Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Map of the DEW Line
dates	1957–1958
country
branch
role	Air defense

The 4733d Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division at Frobisher Bay Air Station, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1958. The group was formed in 1957 when Air Defense Command assumed responsibility for air defense of Northern Canada from Northeast Air Command, including support for remote Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) radar sites. It also controlled two squadrons operating radars at dispersed locations. It was discontinued in 1958 and its DEW Line support mission transferred to the 4601st Support Group and its radar squadrons to the 4732d Air Defense Group in Newfoundland.

History

The group was organized in the fall of 1957 at Frobisher Bay Air Station by Air Defense Command (ADC) when ADC assumed the mission of Northeast Air Command (NEAC) after NEAC's inactivation. The group was assigned two general surveillance radar squadrons, stationed in the high latitudes of northern Canada, which had been assigned directly to NEAC's 64th Air Division. while its radar stations were reassigned to the 4732d Air Defense Group at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador.

Lineage

Designated as the 4733d Air Defense Group and organized on 1 April 1957 : Discontinued on 1 May 1958

Assignments

64th Air Division, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Components

920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Resolution Island Air Station, Northern Territories, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958
926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Frobisher Bay Air Station, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Stations

Frobisher Bay, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

Commander

Lt Col. Homer E. Chatfield, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958

References

Notes

Bibliography

; Further reading

References

Cornett & Johnson, p. 89
Cornett & Johnson, p. 104
Cornett & Johnson, p. 105
No byline. (June 2012}} The group was discontinued in 1958 and the DEW support mission was taken over by the 4601st Support Group (DEW) at [[Paramus, New Jersey]],{{cite web). "Abstract, History of 64th Air Division, Jan – Jun 1958". Air Force History Index.
Cornett & Johnson, p. 87
[http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/445/677.xml Abstract, History of 4733rd Air Def Gp, Apr 1957 – May 1958] (accessed 20 January 2012)

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