Albuquerque Air Defense Sector

Albuquerque Air Defense Sector
Emblem of Albuquerque Air Defense Sector
Active	1960
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Defense
Part of	Air Defense Command

Map of Albuquerque ADS

The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector (AADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 33d Air Division, being stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 November 1960.

History

The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector was established in 1960 by redesignation of the Air Defense Command 34th Air Division. The mission of the AADS was to provide air defense of New Mexico and most of Texas. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.

The sector operated Manual Air-Defense Control Center (ADCC) (P-41). A SAGE Direction Center was planned but never built. On 1 November 1960 the Albuquerque ADS was inactivated without gaining operational status when ADC ended command and control operations at Kirtland and Air Research and Development command becoming the Major Command to which Kirtland was assigned.

The organizations under AADS were inactivated or placed under the 4752d Air Defense Wing (later Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector) after inactivation.

Lineage

• Established as Albuquerque Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960

Inactivated on 1 November 1960

Assignments

• 33d Air Division, 1 January 1960 – 1 November 1960

Stations

• Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 January 1960 – 1 November 1960

Components

Interceptor squadrons

• 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Walker AFB, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 January-8 July 1960

• 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Webb AFB, Texas, 1 January-15 September 1960

Radar squadrons

• 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Sweetwater AFS, Texas, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Las Cruces AFS, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Walker AFB, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 687th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

West Mesa AFS, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Amarillo AFB, Texas, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Pyote AFS, Texas, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 732d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Ozona AFS, Texas, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 768th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Moriarty AFS, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

• 769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico, 1 January-15 September 1960

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
• Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons

References

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

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• Radomes.Org