From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4735th Air Defense Group
4735th Air Defense Group
4735dth Air Defense Group Assignments
• Boston Air Defense Sector, 18 August 1957 - 1 August
1959
Components
Active Established 18 August 1957 • 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 August 1957 -
Inactivated 1 August 1959 1 August 1959
• 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 August 1957 -
Country United States
1 August 1959
Branch United States Air Force • 602nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance
Role Air Defense
Squadron,m 18 August 1957 - 8 July 1958
Part of Air Defense Command Aircraft
• F-89H 1957-1959
The 4735th Air Defense Group is a discontinued United
• F-89J 1957-1959
States Air Force organization. It was assigned to the Bos-
• F-94C 1957-1959
ton Air Defense Sector throughout its existence, being
• F-101B 1959
stationed at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts. It was last
active on 1 August 1959.
Commanders
• Col. David B. Tudor, 1958[11]
History
Organized at Otis AFB, Massachusetts, replacing 33d
Fighter Group when the 33rd Fighter Wing and its com-
See Also
ponents inactivated[1] and were replaced as the host or- • Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
ganization for Otis by elements of the 551st Airborne Ear-
ly Warning and Control Wing’s 551st Air Base Group.[2] References
The 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), flying F-89
"Scorpion" aircraft[3] and 60th Fighter-Interceptor [1] Ravenstein, Air Force Combat Wings, p.58
Squadron, flying F-94 "Starfire" aircraft,[4] former [2] Abstract, History of 26th Air Div, Jul 1957-Dec 1957
squadrons of the 33rd Fighter Group, were reassigned to (accessed 21 Jan 2012)
the 4735th.[5] Assumed responsibility for air defense of [3] Cornett & Johnson, A Handbook of Aerospace Defense
eastern Massachusetts. Aircraft maintenance for the two Organization 1946 - 1980, p.116
FIS was performed by the 602nd Consolidated Aircraft [4] Ibid. p. 117
Maintenance Squadron (CAMS), which was activated at [5] Maurer (ed.), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World
Otis along with the group.[6] In February 1959, the 60th War II, pp. 231, 235
FIS converted to F-101 "VooDoo" aircraft, becoming the [6] Cornett & Johnson, p.142
first F-101 squadron in Air Defense Command.[7] Discon- [7] Ibid. p. 117
tinued 1 August 1959 when the 58th Fighter-Interceptor [8] Maurer, p. 231
Squadron relocated to Walker AFB, New Mexico, leaving [9] Ibid. p. 235
only one operational fighter squadron at Otis.[8] The 60th [10] Cornett & Johnson p. 142
Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was reassigned directly to [11] Abstract, History of 4735th Air Def Gp, Jan 1958-Dec
Boston Air Defense Sector,[9] and the 602nd CAMS was in- 1958 (accessed 21 Jan 2012)
activated.[10] This article incorporates public domain material from web-
sites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Lineage • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A
Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980.
• Designated and organized as on 18 August 1957
Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace
Discontinued on 1 August 1959
Defense Center. http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/
handbookofadcorg.pdf.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4735th Air Defense Group
• Maurer, Maurer, ed (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of • Revenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings’, Lineage
the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of
DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. Air Force History. ISBN ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/ http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/
fulltext/combat_sq_of_the_af_wwii.pdf. fulltext/combat_wings.pdf.
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