Minot Air Defense Sector
Emblem of the Minot Air Defense Sector
Active1959–1963
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleAir Defense
Part ofAir Defense Command
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Map of Minot ADS

The Minot Air Defense Sector (MADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. It was inactivated on 1 December 1963

History

Established in April 1959 assuming control of former ADC Western Air Defense Force 27th Air Division units in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. The organization provided command and control over several aircraft and radar squadrons.

The sector operated a SAGE Air-Defense Control Center (ADCC) (DC-19). A SAGE Direction Center built, and an AN/FSQ-7 direction computers operated the live air picture. The Combat Control Center or CC and its accompanying An/FSQ - 8 computer were never installed or activated. The SAGE DC was consolidated with the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector on 1 March 1963, and inactivated on 1 December 1963.

Lineage

Inactivated on 1 December 1963

Assignments

Stations

Components

Wing

Minot AFB, North Dakota, 1 February 1961 – 1 July 1962

Group

Minot AFB, North Dakota, 1 August 1960 – 1 February 1961

Fighter squadrons

Minot AFB, North Dakota, 1 July 1962 – 25 June 1963
Minot AFB, North Dakota, 1 January 1961 – 25 June 1963

Radar squadrons

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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