The 4733d 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 ...

Frobisher Bay Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island. Its length is about and its width varies from about at its outlet into the Labrador Sea to ...

, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1958. The

group A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...

was formed in 1957 when ADC assumed responsibility for air defense of 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 ...

, including support for remote Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) radar sites. It also controlled two

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s operating

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s 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 The 4732nd Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division of Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1960. The ...

in Newfoundland.

History

The

was organized in the fall of 1957 at Frobisher Bay by Air Defense Command (ADC) when ADC assumed the mission of

(NEAC) after NEAC's inactivation. The group was assigned two general surveillance

s,Cornett & Johnson, p. 104Cornett & Johnson, p. 105 stationed in the high latitudes of northern Canada, which had been assigned directly to NEAC's 64th Air Division. The group's mission was to provide detection and reporting of aircraft in the northern portion of North America and to support Distant Early Warning Line (DEW) radar sites. The group was discontinued in 1958 and the DEW support mission was taken over by 4601st Support Group (DEW),

Paramus, New Jersey Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...

, while its radar stations were reassigned to the

Goose AFB 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 ...

, 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 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, Canada, 1 April 1957 – 1 May 1958 * 926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Frobisher Bay AB, 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 Abstract, History of 4733rd Air Def Gp, Apr 1957 – May 1958
(accessed 20 January 2012)

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