4700th Air Defense Group
F-86F Sabre of the group's330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron atStewart AFB[a]
Active	1951–1955
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter interceptor
Role	Air defense

The4700th Air Defense Group is a discontinuedUnited States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the4709th Air Defense Wing atStewart Air Force Base, New York. It was activated in 1950 as a support unit for USAF units at Stewart. In 1954, it assumed an operational mission and was assigned twointerceptor squadrons. The group was discontinued on 18 August 1955 and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the329th Fighter Group (Air Defense) as part of Project Arrow, anAir Defense Command project to replace air defense groups with fighter units with distinguished histories fromWorld War I orWorld War II.

Thegroup was organized 1 December 1950 as the4700th Air Base Group to replace the 4400th Air Base Group as the USAF host unit atStewart Air Force Base, New York in preparation for the transfer of Stewart toAir Defense Command (ADC) fromContinental Air Command (ConAC).^[1][2] It was assigned threesquadrons to perform its duties as host. The 4700th was assigned toEastern Air Defense Force.^[2] It transferred with Eastern Air Defense Force from ConAC to ADC upon ADC's reactivation in January 1951.^[2]

The 4700th was redesignated as an air defense group in 1954 and reassigned to the4709th Air Defense Wing^[2] with responsibility forair defense of the New York City area.^{[citation needed]} The group was assigned the330th and539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons, which were already stationed at Stewart, flyingNorth American F-86 Sabrefighter aircraft,^[3][4][5] as its operational components. The 330th and 539th had been assigned directly to the 4709th Air Defense Wing.^[3][4] In January 1955, the 330th and 539th converted to more capableradar equipped andFolding-Fin Aerial Rocket-armedNorth American F-86D Sabres.^[5]

The group was replaced by the329th Fighter Group in 1955^[2][6] 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.^[7]

• Designated and organized as the4700th Air Base Group on 1 December 1950
• Redesignated4700th Air Defense Group on 20 September 1954
• Discontinued on 18 August 1955^[2]

• Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 December 1950 – 20 September 1954
• 4709th Air Defense Wing, 20 September 1954 – 18 August 1955^[2]

• Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 1 December 1950 – 18 August 1955^[2]

• 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 20 September 1954 – 18 August 1955^[3]
• 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 20 September 1954 – 18 August 1955^[4]
• 612th USAF Infirmary, c. 18 April 1954 – 18 August 1955^[8]
• 4700th Installations Squadron 1 December 1950 – 18 August 1955
• 4700th Maintenance & Supply Squadron (later 4700th Materiel Squadron), 1 December 1950 – 18 August 1955
• 4700th Medical Squadron 1 December 1950 – c. 18 April 1954^[9]

• North American F-86D Sabre, 1955^[3][4]
• North American F-86F Sabre, 1954–1955^[3][4]

• List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military
• List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons

Explanatory notes

Citations

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Buss, (ed), Sturm, Volan, & McMullen, History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955
• Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980).A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980(PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 88. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved14 January 2012.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961].Air Force Combat Units of World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-02-1.LCCN 61060979. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.

• Grant, C.L., (1961)The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, USAF Historical Study No. 126
• Leonard, Barry (2009).History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense(PDF). Vol. I. 1945–1955. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History.ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved10 December 2012.

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