00461733 5-2134 UNCLASSIFIED 2436478 10-01-1958 2436569 12-31-1958

WING/4620/AIR DEFENSE, EX SAGE (EXPERIMENTAL SEMI

HISTORY K-WG-4620-HI 10885 P0159 1294 1247 51 2448346 03-30-1991 STATION: 2500 COLORADO AVE, SANTA MONICA CA. COMMANDER: COL ROBERT J. STEVENSON. MISSION: INSURE THAT SEMI AUTOMATIC GROUND ENVIORNMENT (SAGE)COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SAGE AND MANUAL SYSTEM TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON THE APPROVED PLANS AND OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS. PROVIDE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE TO AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH IMPLEMENTATION, INSTALLATION, TEST, AND UTILIZATION OF OPERATIONAL SAGE COMPUTER PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED CONCEPTS AND ASSIT IN TRAINING OF PERSONNEL FOR SAGE SYSTEM. EFFECTIVE 1 DEC, MANUAL SYSTEM TRAINING PROGRAMS AND SAGE SYSTEM TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE MERGED INTO SYSTEM TRAINING DIVISION. "MODEL CHANGE TRAINING GUIDE" BY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SDC) WILL BE USED BY AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH MAINTAINING MODERNIZED SAGE OPERATOR COURSES; ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE 5 JAN 59. IN NOV, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SDC) ESTABLISHED TRACKING FORMULATION PROJECT TO REVIEW PRESENT DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS. AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SUBPROJECT REVIVED TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATIC INDENTIFICATION PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER PRESENT REGULATION. DIRECTORATE IS RECEIVING AGENCY OF 4620 AIR DEFENSE WING FOR ALL OPERATIONAL CHANGE REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY SOURCES IN SAGE SYSTEM. SAGE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION, MODEL 3, ADCM 55-28 COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED; COMBAT CENTER SAGE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION COMPLETED BUT NOT PUBLISHED. BOMARC B INTEGRATION, MOADS TESTING, AND PATTERN PATROL WERE PHASES OF MISSILES CONTINUED TO CHANGE. NIKE-HAWK INTEGRATION STUDIES WERE INITIATED. NONE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND MEMORANDUMS FOR RECORD CONTAINS LETTERS, MEMORANDUMS, CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS. SOME PAGES DIFFICULT TO READ.