The 4676th Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 organization. Its last assignment was with the 33d Air Division, being stationed at Grandview AFB Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. It was discontinued on 18 Aug 1955.

History

Organized in 1953 and replaced the 4610th Air Base Squadron, which was organized on 23 February 1951, at Fairfax Field, Kansas

Kansas

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. Was host USAF unit at Fairfax Field and also host for Grandview AFB, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. Assigned 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 328th Fighter Wing stationed at Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. It was inactivated on 2 January 1967.-History:...

, which was activated at Fairfax Field in December, flying F-86 "Sabre" aircraft, as its operational componenent. Performed air defense of Kansas City

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...

 area and central Midwest. Moved to Grandview AFB, Missouri 16 February 1954. Military use of Fairfax Field ended. Discontinued and replaced by 328th Fighter Group (Air Defense) at Grandview AFB (later Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base) as part of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.

Lineage

• Organized as 4676th Air Defense Group, on 8 October 1953

Discontinued on 18 August 1955

Assignments

• Central Air Defense Force
  Central Air Defense Force
  The Central Air Defense Force is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was deactivated on July 1, 1960.-History:...
  
  , 8 October 1953-1 March 1954
• 33d Air Division, 1 March 1954 - 18 August 1955

Components

• 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 December 1953 – 18 August 1955
• 4676th Air Base Squadron, 8 October 1953 - 18 August 1955
• 4676th Materiel Squadron, 8 October 1953 - 18 August 1955
• 4676th USAF Infirmary, 8 October 1953 - 19 April 1954
• 613th USAF Infirmary, 19 April 1954 - 18 August 1955

Stations

• Fairfax Field, Kansas, 18 Dec 1953 – 16 February 1954
• Grandview AFB, Missouri, 16 February 1954 - 18 August 1955

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