4676th Air Defense Group
F-86D Sabre as flown by the group
Active	1953–1955
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter interceptor
Role	Air defense

The4676th Air Defense Group is a discontinuedUnited States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the33d Air Division ofAir Defense Command (ADC) atGrandview Air Force Base, Missouri, where it was discontinued in 1955. Thegroup was activated atFairfax Field in 1953 as USAF host for both Fairfax and Grandview. It moved to Grandview when that base was completed and added an operationalair defense mission in 1954. It was discontinued in 1955 when ADC replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups that had distinguished records in the two World Wars.

Thegroup was organized byAir Defense Command (ADC) in October 1953 when it replaced the 4610th Air Base Squadron, which had been organized on 23 February 1951, as the USAF host organization atFairfax Field, Kansas.^[1] the 4676th was also the USAF host unit forGrandview Air Force Base, Missouri.^[2] The 4676th was assigned twosquadrons and a medical unit to carry out its host responsibilities.^[3] The group was assigned the326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was activated at Fairfax Field in December, flyingradar equipped andMighty Mouse rocket armedNorth American F-86D Sabrefighter aircraft as its operational component.^[4] The 326th's operational mission was air defense of theKansas City Metropolitan Area and the central Midwest.^{[citation needed]}

The group moved to Grandview Air Force Base on 16 February 1954.^[2] At this time military use of Fairfax Field ended.^{[citation needed]} The group was discontinued and replaced by the328th Fighter Group (Air Defense), which assumed its mission, personnel and equipment at Grandview (later Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base) 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.^[1][5][6][7]

• Organized as4676th Air Defense Group on 8 October 1953

Discontinued on 18 August 1955^[1]

• Central Air Defense Force, 8 October 1953 – 1 March 1954
• 33d Air Division, 1 March 1954 – 18 August 1955^[1]

• 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 December 1953 – 18 August 1955^[4]
• 4676th Air Base Squadron, 8 October 1953 – 18 August 1955^[8]
• 4676th Materiel Squadron, 8 October 1953 – 18 August 1955^[9]
• 4676th USAF Infirmary, 8 October 1953 – 19 April 1954^[10]
• 613th USAF Infirmary, 19 April 1954 – 18 August 1955^[11]

• Fairfax Field, Kansas, 8 October 1953 – 16 February 1954
• Grandview Air Force Base, Missouri, 16 February 1954 – 18 August 1955^[1]

• North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1955^[4]

• List of F-86 Sabre units
• List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons

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

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