4676th Air Defense Group

History

The group was organized by Air 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 at Fairfax Field, Kansas. the 4676th was also the USAF host unit for Grandview Air Force Base, Missouri. The 4676th was assigned two squadrons and a medical unit to carry out its host responsibilities. The group was assigned the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was activated at Fairfax Field in December, flying radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabre fighter aircraft as its operational component. The 326th's operational mission was air defense of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the central Midwest.

The group moved to Grandview Air Force Base on 16 February 1954.

Lineage

• Organized as 4676th Air Defense Group on 8 October 1953 : Discontinued on 18 August 1955

Assignments

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

Components

• 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 December 1953 – 18 August 1955
• 4676th Air Base Squadron, 8 October 1953 – 18 August 1955
• 4676th Materiel Squadron, 8 October 1953 – 18 August 1955
• 4676th USAF Infirmary, 8 October 1953 – 19 April 1954
• 613th USAF Infirmary, 19 April 1954 – 18 August 1955

Stations

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

Aircraft

• North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1955

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, (1956)

References

1. Cornett & Johnson, p. 88
2. Mueller, pp. 499–500
3. "Abstract, History 33 Air Division, Jul–Dec 1955". Air Force History Index.
4. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 402
5. At this time military use of Fairfax Field ended.{{Citation needed. (March 2012 The group was discontinued and replaced by the [[328th 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.Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 209)
6. (27 December 2007). "Factsheet 328 Armament Systems Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
7. Buss, Sturm, Volan, & McMullen, p. 6
8. ''See'' Mueller, pp. 499–500
9. Cornett & Johnson, p. 148
10. "Abstract, History 4676 Infirmary, Jul–Dec 1953". Air Force History Index.
11. "Abstract, History 613 Infirmary, Jan–Jun 1954". Air Force History Index.