SADS was established in October 1956 as the4624th Air Defense Wing, SAGE at Syracuse Air Force Station (AFS), New York, assuming control of former ADCEastern Air Defense Force units primarily in western New York, most of Pennsylvania and a small portion of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia.[1] It controlled several aircraft andradar squadrons.
The sector was inactivated on 4 September 1963 when the 26th Air Division headquarters moved to Hancock Field and the Syracuse Sector, in a realignment of sector boundaries, merged with theBoston Air Defense Sector.
^Approved 20 April 1960. Description:Per bendGules andAzure, on abendArgent three flight symbols of the second [color mentioned] between inchief two lightning flashes and inbase an atom symbol of three orbits, thosefesswise andbend sinister positions bearing each twomulletsOr, all within a diminished border of the third [color mentioned]. Significance: The emblem is symbolic of the sector and its mission. The blue field of the shield represents the air space and its area of responsibility, and the red field represents combat and the airmen who stand alert and ready to go forth into battle. The blue flight symbols represent the weapons launched for the preservation of peace. The lightning bolts symbolize the capacity to gather and transmit information electronically throughout the airspace of the command, and the electronic symbol indicates the capacity to assimilate and resolve information by electronic means and to direct the weapons in the solution of the air battle. The emblem bears the Air Force colors, ultramarine blue and golden yellow, and the national colors, red, white, and blue.
Redmond, Kent C.; Smith, Thomas M. (2000).From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.ISBN978-0-262-18201-0.
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SAGE facilities