The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma. The sector was responsible for air defense of a region encompassing several states in the central United States. It was one of the few air defense sectors never upgraded to the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment.
History The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector was organized at Oklahoma City Air Force Station in 1960Cornett & Johnson, p. 58 as a manual sector in a reorganization stemming from the inactivation of Central Air Defense Force.Cornett & Johnson, p. 49 It was discontinued 1 September 1961 and its personnel and equipment transferred to the 4752d Air Defense Wing, which was designated, organized and assigned to the 32nd Air Division the same day.Cornett & Johnson, p. 67 This change was short-lived, for the 4752nd Wing was discontinued and replaced once again by the sector on 25 June 1963, although with fewer units assigned,See lists of assigned squadrons, belowas a result of the realignment and expansion of the 29th Air Division. The sector operated Manual Air Defense Control Center P-86, later redesignated Manual Combat Center MCC-11, and later NORAD Sector Combat Center (Manual).
The sector was inactivated and transferred its mission, personnel and equipment to the 31st Air Division, which was simultaneously organized on 1 April 1966.
Lineage Established as Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector Activated on 1 January 1960 Discontinued on 1 September 1961 Organized on 25 June 1963 Discontinued and inactivated on 1 April 1966
Assignments 33d Air Division, 1 January 1960 32nd Air Division, 1 July 1961 – 1 July 1961 29th Air Division, 25 June 1963 – 1 April 1966
Stations Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahomna, 1 January 1960 – 1 September 1961 Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 25 June 1963 – 1 April 1966
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Interceptor squadrons 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 15 September – 25 December 1960Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 230 Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 September 1961,Maurer, Combat Squadrons p. 408 25 June 1963 – 1 April 1966Cornett &Johnson, p. 126 Webb Air Force Base, Texas 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 January – 1 September 1960Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 410 England Air Force Base, Louisiana
Radar squadrons
653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 1 August 1963Cornett & Johnson, p. 98 England Air Force Base, Louisiana 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 25 June 1963Cornett & Johnson, p. 90 Sweetwater Air Force Station, Texas 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 August 1963 Las Cruces Air Force Station, New Mexico 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 August 1963 Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico 687th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 25 June 1963 West Mesa Air Force Station, New Mexico 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 25 June 1963 Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas 697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 August 1963Cornett & Johnson, p. 100 Pyote Air Force Station, Texas 703d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Arkansas, 1 September 1961 – 1 April 1966 Texarkana Air Force Station 732d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 August 1963 Ozona Air Force Station, Texas 733d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 September 1961 – 1 August 1963 Eagle Pass Air Force Station, Texas 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 September 1961 – 25 June 1963 Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
742d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 1 June 1961Cornett & Johnson, p. 101 Zapata Air Force Station, Texas 745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Texas, 1 January 1960 – 25 June 1963 Duncanville Air Force Station 746th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 25 June 1963 Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma 747th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 25 June 1963 Ellington Field, Texas 768th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 June 1961 Moriarty Air Force Station, New Mexico 769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 September 1960 – 1 July 1961 Continental Divide Air Force Station, New Mexico 811th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 April 1956 – 30 April 1957; 1 January 1960 – 1 June 1961Cornett & Johnson, p. 102 Port Isabel Air Force Station, Texas 813th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 1 August 1963 Rockport Air Force Station, Texas 814th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 1 February 1961 Killeen Air Force Station, Texas 815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1960 – 1 June 1961 Lufkin Air Force Station, Texas
See also Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons List of MAJCOM wings List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
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