00461836
5-4983
UNCLASSIFIED
2436021
07-01-1957
2438395
12-31-1963
WING/4756/AIR DEFENSE (WEAPONS)
HISTORY
K-WG-4756-HI
10894
P0168
1196
1214
37
2448346
03-30-1991
4756 AIR DEFENSE WING (WEAPONS) WAS ESTABLISHED ON 1 JUL 57 IN ORDER TO CONDUCT WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT (TESTING) PROGRAM FOR SUCH UNITS AND PERSONNEL ASSIGNED OR ATTACHED TO IT FOR THIS PURPOSE. (OTHER WING DUTIES INCLUDED ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT OF ASSIGNED UNITS AND PERSONNEL.) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) INTERCEPTOR WEAPONS SCHOOL WAS ASSIGNED TO WING EFFECTIVE 1 JUL 57. WING WAS INACTIVATED AS OF 1 JUL 60 (AND REDESIGNATED AS 4756 AIR BASE GROUP). WING WAS REACTIVATED EFFECTIVE 1 SEP 62 (WITH COL KLEM F. KALBERER ASSIGNED AS WING COMMANDER). PRIMARY MISSION OF WING DURING 1963 WAS TO PROVIDE INTERCEPTOR COMBAT CREW TRAINING FOR F-101 AND F-106 AIRCREWS; INTERCEPTOR WEAPONS TRAINING, TESTING, AND EVALUATION OF MANNED INTERCEPTORS, FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND ARMAMENT; AND LIVE FIRING FACILITIES, TARGETS, AND SCORING SYSTEMS, AS REQUIRED BY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND (ADC) PROGRAMS.
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GROUP/4756/AIR BASE