page_title: 4709th Air Defense Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 4709th Air Defense Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-45-NA Sabre 52-3901 4709th Air Defense Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 1956
context_page_description: The 4709th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division of Air Defense Command at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it was discontinued in 1956. It was established in 1952 at McGuire as the 4709th Defense Wing in a general reorganization of Air Defense Command, which replaced wings responsible for a base with wings responsible for a geographical area. It assumed control of several fighter Interceptor squadrons that had been assigned to the 52d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, some of which were Air National Guard squadrons mobilized for the Korean War. It also assumed host responsibility for McGuire through its subordinate 568th Air Base Group.
  In early 1953 it also was assigned two radar squadrons guarding the approaches to New York City and its dispersed fighter squadrons combined with colocated air base squadrons into air defense groups. When Mcguire became a Military Air Transport Service base in 1954, the 4709th became a tenant at McGuire. The wing was redesignated as an air defense wing the same year.
context_section_description: The 4709th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization.  Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it was discontinued in 1956.  It was established in 1952 at McGuire as the 4709th Defense Wing in a general reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC), which replaced wings responsible for a base with wings responsible for a geographical area.  It assumed control of several fighter Interceptor squadrons that had been assigned to the 52d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, some of which were Air National Guard squadrons mobilized for the Korean War.  It also assumed host responsibility for McGuire through its subordinate 568th Air Base Group.
  In early 1953 it also was assigned two radar squadrons guarding the approaches to New York City and its dispersed fighter squadrons combined with colocated air base squadrons into air defense groups.  When Mcguire became a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) base in 1954, the 4709th became a tenant at McGuire.  The wing was redesignated as an air defense wing the same year. Starting in 1956, in preparation for the implementation of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system, the 4621st Air Defense Wing was activated at McGuire and attached to the 4709th. Its radar units were transferred to the 4621st and the wing was discontinued in 1956.
caption: F-86D of the 4709th Air Defense Wing's 332d FIS
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