4706th Air Defense Wing The 4706th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force ( USAF ) organization . Its last assignment was with the 37th Air Division of Air Defense Command ( ADC ) at O ' Hare International Airport ( IAP ) , Illinois where it was discontinued in 1956 . It was established in 1952 at O ' Hare as the 4706th 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 142d Fighter - Interceptor Wing , an Air National Guard wing mobilized for the Korean War and the 56th Fighter - Interceptor Group . In early 1953 it also was assigned six radar squadrons in the Midwest and its dispersed fighter squadron s combined with colocated air base squadrons into air defense groups . The wing was redesignated as an air defense wing in 1954 . It was discontinued in 1956 and most of its units transferred to the 58th Air Division . History . The 4706th Defense Wing was organized at the beginning of 1952 at O ' Hare IAP in a major reorganization of ADC responding to ADC ' s difficulty under the existing wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage . The wing assumed the operational squadron s and air defense mission of the inactivating 142d Fighter - Interceptor Wing ( FIW ) , an Oregon Air National Guard ( ANG ) wing , which had been federalized and moved to O ' Hare in 1951 in the expansion of the USAF for the Korean War . The wing also received the regular USAF 62d Fighter - Interceptor Squadron ( FIS ) . flying F - 86 Sabre aircraft , at O ' Hare from the inactivating 56th Fighter - Interceptor Group at Selfridge AFB , Michigan and the 97th FIS at Wright - Patterson AFB , Ohio , which had been attached to the 142nd FIW . The wing also assumed command of ANG units stationed elsewhere in this reorganization , the 113th FIS , flying F - 51H Mustangs , at Scott AFB , Illinois , and the 166th FIS , at Lockbourne AFB , Ohio , flying F - 84 Thunderjet aircraft . Thus , the wing ' s fighter squadron s defended Illinois , Indiana , southern Wisconsin , western Michigan and western Ohio . Air Base Squadrons were also activated and assigned to the wing to provide support for USAF units stationed at bases where ADC was the host command . As ADC realigned during the year . the 113th FIS was reassigned directly to Central Air Defense Force . Then in July , the 63d FIS , another F - 86 squadron at Oscoda AFB , Michigan transferred into the wing , and in August , the 166th FIS , moved to Youngstown Municipal Airport , Ohio and was reassigned to the 4708th Defense Wing . In February 1953 another ADC reorganization activated Air Defense Groups at ADC bases with dispersed fighter squadrons . These group s assumed direct command of the fighter squadrons at their stations , in addition to support squadrons to assist in their role as USAF host organizations at the bases . The 501st Air Defense Group ( Air Def Gp ) , activated at O ' Hare IAP , the 520th Air Defense Group , at Truax Field and the 534th Air Defense Group at Kinross AFB ( later Kincheloe AFB ) , Michigan . Although the 527th Air Defense Group , activated at Oscoda AFB , it was assigned to another wing . Another result of the February 1953 reorganization was that the wing assumed the aircraft detection , control and warning mission , with six squadrons in four states being assigned to the wing . In 1955 , ADC implemented Project Arrow , which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units that had compiled memorable records in the two world wars . As a result of Project Arrow , the 501st Air Def Gp was replaced by the 56th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) , the 520th Air Def Gp was replaced by the 327th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) , and the 534th Air Def Gp was replaced by the 507th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) . Because Project Arrow called for fighter squadrons to be assigned to their traditional group headquarters , the 97th FIS was moved to Delaware and its personnel and equipment reassigned to the 56th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron . In early October , the 319th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron , flying F - 94 Starfire aircraft was assigned to the wing in anticipation of its return to the United States as the Korean war was ending . The 56th FIS and 319th FIS and three of the radar squadrons transferred from the wing to the 58th Air Division in March 1956 The wing was discontinued a few months later and its units assigned to other ADC organizations . Components . Groups . Air Defense Groups Fighter Groups Squadrons . Fighter Squadrons Radar Squadrons Support Squadrons References . Bibliography . Further Reading Vol II