Goose Air Defense Sector
Emblem of the Goose Air Defense Sector
Active	1960–1966
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Air Defense
Part of	Aerospace Defense Command

TheGoose Air Defense Sector (GADS) is an inactiveUnited States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the26th Air Division, being stationed atGoose Air Force Base,Labrador,Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and replaced by the37th Air Division.

Command and control echelon of command, controlling both radar and fighter squadrons in Canada. Provided air defense of northeast North America. Assigned units of the 4732d Air Defense Group atGoose AFB in April 1960 and the 4731st Air Defense Group atErnest Harmon AFB in June. Both groups were discontinued.^[1] These units included two Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons (FIS), although the 323rd FIS was discontinued almost immediately after transfer.^[2] Both squadrons flewF-102 "Delta Daggers," although the 59th FIS had not completed its conversion fromF-89 "Scorpions" when it was first assigned^[3] Also operatedSemi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-31) (Manual) atCFB North Bay, Ontario46°20′15″N079°24′42″W / 46.33750°N 79.41167°W /46.33750; -79.41167 (GADS-SAGE DC-31) Inactivated in 1966^[4] and personnel and equipment transferred to37th Air Division.

• Constituted asGoose Air Defense Sector on 7 March 1960

Activated on 1 April 1960

Inactivated on 1 April 1966.

• 64th Air Division, 1 April 1950 – 1 July 1963
• 26th Air Division, 1 July 1963 – 1 April 1966

• Air Forces Iceland

Keflavik Airport, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966

• 4683d Air Defense Wing

Thule AB, Greenland, 1 July 1963 – 1 July 1965

• 4683d Air Base Group 1 July 1965 – 1 April 1966

Thule AB, Greenland, 1 October 1960

• 4684th Air Base Group

Sondrestrom AB, Greenland, 4 September 1963 – 1 April 1966

• 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 6 Jun 1960 -

Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, 1 April 1956 – 1 April 1966

• 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 6 June 1960 – 1 July 1960

• Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada, 1 April 1960 – 1 April 1966

• F-89J 1960
• F-102A 1960-1966

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

• 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. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved20 November 2011.
• 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. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997).Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.LCCN 97020912.^{[dead link]}
• Radomes.org Goose Air Defense Sector

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• Air defense sectors of the United States Air Force
• 1963 establishments in Canada
• 1966 disestablishments in Canada
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1966

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