The 4732nd Air Defense Group is a discontinued

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organization. Its last assignment was with the

64th Air Division The 64th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, being stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on 1 July 1963. History World War II The organiz ...

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Goose Air Force Base Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay , commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by ...

, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1960. The

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was formed in 1957 when ADC assumed responsibility for

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of Newfoundland and Northern Canada from

Northeast Air Command The Northeast Air Command (NEAC) was a short-lived organization in the United States Air Force tasked with the operation and defense of air bases in Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland. It was formed in 1950 from the facilities of the United St ...

and controlled a fighter-interceptor squadron at Harmon and seven squadrons operating

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s at dispersed locations. It was discontinued when

Goose Air Defense Sector The Goose Air Defense Sector (GADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division, being stationed at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and repla ...

assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland and Northern Canada.

History

The

was formed in 1957 when

(ADC) assumed responsibility for air defense of Newfoundland from

(NEAC). It was a tenant organization at Goose AFB, a

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base, whose 4082nd Air Base Group (later 4082nd Combat Support Group) assumed host base duties from NEAC. it controlled both

and fighter squadrons in Canada. It was assigned the

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(FIS), flying

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aircraft, and the 4739th Radar Evaluation Flight, which were already stationed at Goose, and seven remote Aircraft Control & Warning Squadrons as operational elements, all of which were transferred from NEAC.Cornett & Johnson, p. 97Cornett & Johnson, p. 105Cornett & Johnson, p. 106 The group provided

of northeast North America. The 4732d was discontinued in 1960 and its subordinate units were assigned to the

Lineage

* Designated and organized as 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 1958Cornett & Johnson, p. 176. The flight was reassigned from NEAC's 64th Air Division and redesignated from 6630th Radar Evaluation Flight *

641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 21st Air Division (ADTAC), Tactical Air Command, stationed at Melville Air Station, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (site ...

Melville AS Melville Air Station (ADC ID: N-24) was a General Surveillance Radar station. It was located on the summit of Dome Mountain, west of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was closed in 1988. History The site was established in 1953 ...

, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960 *

920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Goose Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Fo ...

Resolution Island AS CFS Resolution Island (BAF-5) is a short-range radar site. It is located north-northwest of CFB Goose Bay, Labrador on Resolution Island, Nunavut. It is part of the North Warning System. During the Cold War, it was operated as part of the Pi ...

, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960 * 921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saint Anthony AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960 * 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Cartwright AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960 * 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Hopedale AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960 * 924th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saglek AS, Labrador, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960 * 926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Frobisher Bay AB, Northern Territories, 1 May 1958 – 1 April 1960 Stations * Goose AFB, Newfoundland, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 April 1960

Aircraft

* F-89J 1957–1960

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{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=autocollapse Four digit groups of the United States Air Force Air defense groups of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units Military units and formations established in 1957