The group was established as the 4722d Air Defense Group to provide a headquarters for Air Defense Command (ADC) Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons (FIS) stationed at George Air Force Base, California,[2] a Tactical Air Command Base.[3] TAC's 479th Air Base Group (until July 1957) and 839th Air Base Group (after July 1957) acted as host base organizations for the group.[3] The 4722d was assigned the 327th FIS, flying radar equipped and air-to-air missile–armed Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft, and 329th FIS, flying North American F-86 Sabre[4] aircraft which were also radar equipped but armed with Mighty Mouse rockets, as its operational components.[5][6] The 329th FIS 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 in to the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment command and control system.[4] The group was discontinued when the 327th FIS was scheduled to move to Thule AB, Greenland in July 1958,[5] leaving only a single operational ADC squadron at George.[2] Its squadrons were then assigned directly to the 27th Air Division.[5][6]
Lineage
Designated as 4722d Air Defense Group and organized on 1 December 1956
Discontinued on 25 June 1958
Assignments
27th Air Division, 1 December 1956 – 25 June 1958[2]
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[2]
Aircraft
F-86D 1956–1957
F-86L 1956–1957
F-102A 1956–1958
Commanders
Lt Col. Harris F. Krause, unknown – 25 June 1958[7]
United States
United States Air Force
