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.

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