| Washington Air Defense Sector | |
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 1958 Washington Air Defense Sector Area of Responsibility | |
| Active | 1956–1966 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Air defense |
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TheWashington Air Defense Sector (WaADS) is an inactiveUnited States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with theAir Defense Command (ADC)26th Air Division, being stationed atFort Lee Air Force Station (AFS), Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.
WaADS was established in December 1956 as the4625th Air Defense Wing.[1] It was not assigned any units until 1958 when it assumed control of former ADCEastern Air Defense Force units primarily in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.[2] Units of the32d Air Division in North and South Carolina were transferred to WaADS in 1961 as the 26th Air Division area of responsibility expanded southward.[3] The organization provided command and control over several aircraft, missile andradar squadrons.
On 1 February 1959 the newSemi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-04) became operational.37°15′09″N077°19′21″W / 37.25250°N 77.32250°W /37.25250; -77.32250 (WaADS-SAGE DC-04) DC-04 was equipped with dualAN/FSQ-7 Computers. The day-to-day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jetinterceptor aircraft (F-101 Voodoo;F-102 Delta Dagger;F-106 Delta Dart) orinterceptor missiles (CIM-10 Bomarc) in a state ofreadiness with training missions and series ofexercises withStrategic Air Command and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft.
The sector was eliminated on 1 April 1966 due to a general reorganization of Air Defense Command, most of its assigned units being reassigned to the33d Air Division
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
