4722d Air Defense Group


The 4722d Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 27th Air Division at George Air Force Base, California, where it was discontinued in 1958.
The group was formed to provide a single command and support organization for the two fighter interceptor squadrons of Air Defense Command, that were tenants at George, a Tactical Air Command base. It was discontinued when the 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was scheduled to move in 1958, leaving only a single ADC fighter squadron at George.

History

The group was established as the 4722d Air Defense Group to provide a headquarters for Air Defense Command fighter-interceptor squadrons stationed at George Air Force Base, California, a Tactical Air Command base. TAC's 479th Air Base Group and 839th Air Base Group acted as host base organizations for the group. The 4722d was assigned the 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying radar equipped and air-to-air missile–armed Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft, and 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying North American F-86 Sabre aircraft which were also radar equipped but armed with Folding-Fin Aerial Rockets, as its operational components. The 329th upgraded to newer model F-86s in the spring of 1957 which, like the 327th's F-102s, were equipped with data link to tie them into the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment command and control system. The group was discontinued when the 327th was scheduled to move to Thule Air Base, Greenland in July 1958, leaving only a single operational ADC squadron at George. Its squadrons were then assigned directly to the 27th Air Division.

Lineage

  • Designated as the 4722d Air Defense Group and organized on 1 December 1956

    Assignments

  • 27th Air Division, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

    Components

  • 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958
  • 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

    Stations

  • George Air Force Base, California, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958

    Aircraft

  • North American F-86D Sabre: 1956–1957
  • North Emerican F-86L Sabre: 1956–1957
  • Convair F-102A Delta Dart: 1956–1958

    Commanders

  • Lt Col. Harris F. Krause, unknown – 25 June 1958