Eastern Air Defense Force

The Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960.

History
EADF was an intermediate-level command and control organization of Air Defense Command. Its origins date to 1 March 1949 when Continental Air Command (ConAC) reorganized Air Defense Command when it became an operating agency. Air defense units within the Continental United States (CONUS) were given to the Eastern and Western Air Defense Liaison Groups, with Western and Eastern Air Defense Forces activated on 1 September 1949.

The command was originally assigned the region within the Continental United States (CONUS) to the east of the 102d degree of longitude, along the Canadian border to the most easternmost point of Maine; the southern boundary being the 102d degree of longitude along the Rio Grande boundary with Mexico, east to the southernmost point of Texas and along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean coastlines.

This was adjusted in 1951 with the activation of Central Air Defense Force (CADF) with the region being adjusted to the area east of the 90th degree of longitude south to the point of the Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee state boundaries, and eastward to the Atlantic Ocean coastline along the Tennessee/Kentucky and Virginia/North Carolina border, with all areas north and east of those boundaries. Organizations stationed west and south of that delineation were transferred to CADF.

The delineation was again adjusted in March 1956 to the region generally to the east of the 90th degree of longitude south to the point of the Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee state boundaries, then south along the Mississippi river to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. CADF organizations in the southeast were reassigned to the EADF.

Eastern Air Defense Force was inactivated on 1 July 1960, with its assigned units reassigned either to 26th, 30th or 32d Air Divisions, or to the new Air Defense Sectors created with the advent of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system.

Lineage

 * Established as Eastern Air Defense Force and organized September 1, 1949.
 * Discontinued July 1, 1960

Assignments

 * Continental Air Command, September 1, 1949 – January 1, 1951
 * Air Defense Command, January 1, 1951 – July 1, 1960

Stations

 * Mitchel AFB, New York, September 1, 1949 – August 1, 1950
 * Stewart AFB, New York, August 1, 1950 – July 1, 1960

Air Divisions

 * 26th Air Division
 * Stationed at Roslyn AFS, New York
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 September 1950 from First Air Force
 * Re-designated 26th Air Division (SAGE), 8 August 1958
 * Moved to Syracuse AFS, New York, 8 August 1958
 * Re-assigned to Air Defense Command, 1 August 1959


 * 30th Air Division
 * Stationed at Willow Run AFS, Michigan
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 April 1959 from Air Defense Command
 * Re-designated 30th Air Division (SAGE), 1 April 1959
 * Moved to Truax Field, Wisconsin, 1 April 1959
 * Re-assigned to Air Defense Command, 1 July 1959


 * 31st Air Division
 * Activated at Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 8 October 1950
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Re-assigned to Air Defense Command, 1 January 1951


 * 32d Air Division
 * Activated at Stewart AFB, New York, 1 January 1951
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Moved to Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1953
 * Re-designated 32d Air Division (Defense), 15 August 1958
 * Re-designated 32d Air Division (SAGE), 15 November 1958
 * Moved to Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 15 November 1958
 * Re-assigned to Air Defense Command, 1 August 1959


 * 33d Air Division (Defense)
 * Activated at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 19 March 1951
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force (CADF), 20 May 1951


 * 35th Air Division
 * Stationed at Dobbins AFB, Georgia
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 April 1955 from Central Air Defense Force (CADF), 10 April 1955
 * Inactivated 15 November 1958


 * 37th Air Division
 * Stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 8 September 1955 from Air Defense Command
 * Inactivated 1 April 1959


 * 58th Air Division
 * Activated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 8 September 1955
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Inactivated 1 February 1959


 * 85th Air Division
 * Activated at Andrews AFB, Maryland, 8 September 1955
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Inactivated 1 September 1958

Wings

 * 23d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Activated at Presque Isle AFB, Maine, 1 January 1951
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Inactivated 6 February 1952


 * 33d Fighter Wing (Air Defense)
 * Stationed at Otis AFB, Massachusetts
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 January 1951 from Air Defense Command
 * Inactivated 6 February 1952


 * 52d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Stationed at McGuire AFB, New Jersey as 52d Fighter All-Weather Wing
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 January 1951 from Air Defense Command
 * Re-designated 52d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 May 1951
 * Inactivated 6 February 1952


 * 56th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Stationed at Selfridge AFB, Michigan
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force 1 January 1951 from Air Defense Command
 * Inactivated 6 February 1952


 * 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Maine Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
 * Stationed at Dow AFB, Maine
 * Moved to Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1 May 1951
 * Moved to Larson AFB, Washington and re-assigned to Western Air Defense Force (WADF), 2 August 1951


 * 103d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Connecticut Air National Guard, 2 March 1951
 * Stationed at Brainard Field, Connecticut
 * Moved to Suffolk County AFB, New York, 1 June 1951
 * Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952


 * 122d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Indiana Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
 * Stationed at Stout Field, Indiana
 * Moved to Baer Field, Indiana, 1 May 1951
 * Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force (CADF), 1 December 1951


 * 128th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Wisconsin Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
 * Stationed at General Mitchell Field, Wisconsin
 * Moved to Truax Field, Wisconsin, 16 February 1951
 * Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force (CADF), 20 May 1951


 * 133d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Minnesota Air National Guard, 10 February 1951
 * Stationed at Holman Field, Minnesota
 * Re-assigned to Central Air Defense Force (CADF) 20 May 1951


 * 142d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
 * Federalized Oregon Air National Guard
 * Stationed at Geiger Field, Washington
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force from Western Air Defense Force (WADF), 11 April 1951
 * Moved to O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, 1 May 1951
 * Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952


 * 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing
 * Stationed at Otis AFB, Massachusetts
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force from 8th Air Division (AEW&Con), 1 July 1957
 * Re-assigned to 26th Air Division, 1 July 1959


 * 4621st Air Defense Wing (SAGE)
 * Stationed at McGuire AFB, New Jersey
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 April 1956
 * Re-assigned to 26th Air Division, 18 October 1956


 * 4622d Air Defense Wing (SAGE)
 * Stationed at Stewart AFB, New York
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 June 1956
 * Re-assigned to 26th Air Division, 18 October 1956


 * 4706th Air Defense Wing
 * Stationed at O'Hare International Airport, Illinois
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
 * Re-assigned to 30th Air Division, 16 February 1953


 * 4708th Air Defense Wing
 * Stationed at Selfridge AFB, Michigan
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1953
 * Re-assigned to 30th Air Division, 16 February 1953


 * 4709th Defense Wing
 * Stationed at McGuire AFB, New Jersey
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
 * Re-assigned to 26th Air Division, 16 February 1953


 * 4710th Defense Wing
 * Stationed at New Castle AFB, Delaware
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
 * Re-assigned to 26th Air Division, 16 February 1953


 * 4711th Defense Wing
 * Stationed at Presque Isle AFB, Maine
 * Activated by Eastern Air Defense Force on 1 February 1952
 * Re-assigned to 32d Air Division, 16 February 1953

Groups

 * 152d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
 * Federalized New Hampshire Air National Guard, 1 September 1951
 * Stationed at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire
 * Assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force
 * Re-assigned to 32d Air Division, 6 February 1952


 * 156th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
 * Federalized Michigan Air National Guard, 16 September 1951
 * Stationed at Selfridge AFB, Michigan
 * Headquarters remained at Selfridge AFB, personnel deployed to locations in the Chicago, Illinois area
 * Inactivated and returned to state control, 6 February 1952


 * 4700th Air Defense Group
 * Stationed at Stewart AFB, New York
 * Re-assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force from Air Defense Command, 1 January 1951
 * Re-assigned to 4709th Air Defense Wing, 20 September 1954

Squadron

 * 614th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
 * Stationed at: Grenier AFB, New Hampshire. 1 July 1952-1 December 1952