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The Kansas City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive 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 Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base

Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base

Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base. It is located south of Kansas City, Missouri. It was closed in 1994....

, Missouri

Missouri

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. It was inactivated on 1 January 1962

History

Established in January 1960 assuming control of former ADC 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:...

units with a mission to provide air defense of Kentucky

Kentucky

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, Tennessee

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and Arkansas

Arkansas

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along with sections of southern Missouri

Missouri

; Illinois

Illinois

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; Indiana

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and Ohio

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; western West Virginia

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; Virginia

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; North

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and South Carolina

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; northern Georgia

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, Alabama

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, Mississippi

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, and small sections of northeast Texas

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and eastern Oklahoma

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Operated a Manual Direction Center. The day-to-day operations of the command was to train and maintain tactical flying units flying jet interceptor aircraft (F-94 Starfire

F-94 Starfire

The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the United States Air Force's first operational jet-powered all-weather interceptor aircraft. It was a development by Lockheed of the twin-seat T-33 Shooting Star trainer aircraft.-Design and development:...

; F-102 Delta Dagger

F-102 Delta Dagger

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a US interceptor aircraft built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets...

; F-106 Delta Dart

F-106 Delta Dart

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft for the United States Air Force from the 1960s through the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it has proven to be the last dedicated interceptor in USAF service to date...

) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with SAC and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.

The sector was eliminated on 1 January 1962 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation, the command's units being reassigned to several (20th, 34th, 32d) Air Divisions.

Lineage

Established as Kansas City Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960

Inactivated on 1 January 1962

Assignments

33d Air Division, 1 January 1960
29th Air Division, 1 July 1961-1 January 1962

Wing

328th Fighter Wing (Air Defense)

Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 February-1 July 1961

Groups

53d Fighter Group (Air Defense)

Sioux City Airport, Iowa, 1 January-1 April 1960

328th Fighter Group (Air Defense)

Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

Radar squadrons

725th Radar Squadron

Walnut Ridge AFS, Arkansas, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

738th Radar Squadron
738th Radar Squadron
The 738th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Olathe Air Force Station, Kansas...

Olathe AFS, Kansas, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

787th Radar Squadron

Chandler AFS, Minnesota, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

789th Radar Squadron

Omaha AFS, Nebraska, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

796th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Bartlesville AFS, Oklahoma, 1 January 1960-1 June 1961

797th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fordland AFS, Missouri, 1 January 1960-1 June 1961

798th Radar Squadron

Belleville AFS, Illinois, 1 January 1960-1 July 1961

External links

Photos of Kansas City Air Defense Sector SAGE facilities

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