00463932 5-3087-1A UNCLASSIFIED 2437301 01-01-1961 2437481 06-30-1961

DIVISION/0026/AIR (SAGE (SEMIAUTOMATIC GROUND ENVI

HISTORY K-DIV-26-HI V.1 VOL I OF VIII 11239 P0488 2365 2454 35 2448472 08-03-1991 STATES THAT DIVISION AREA LAY IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES AS FAR SOUTH AS SOUTH CAROLINA AND THAT CLOSE LIAISON WAS KEPT WITH SECTORS TO THE NORTH IN CANADA AND TO THE WEST IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES. 76 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON (F-102 AIRCRAFT) WAS ASSIGNED TO 26 AIR DIVISION (SAGE (SEMIAUTOMATIC GROUND ENVIRONMENT)) (26 AD). WASHINGTON AIR DEFENSE SECTOR WAS EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND 98 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, DOVER AIR FORCE BASE DE WAS TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTOR. 772 RADAR SQUADRON COMPLETED MOVE FROM CLAYBURG PA TO GIBBSBORO NJ TO BECOME NORAD (NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE) CONTROL CENTER AND 770 RADAR SQUADRON BEGAN MOVEMENT FROM PALERMO NJ TO FORT MEADE MD. STATES THAT MANNING OF 26 NORAD REGION WAS A PROBLEM. DISCUSSES COLLAPSE OF TEXAS TOWER NO. 4. 444 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE SC, AND 482 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE SC, WERE ASSIGNED TO 26 AD. FOUR AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRONS, CHERRY POINT NC, FORT FISHER NC, NORTH CHARLESTON SC AND WINSTON SALEM NC, WERE TRANSFERRED FROM 32 AIR DIVISION TO WASHINGTON AIR DEFENSE SECTOR OF 26 AD. DISCUSSES 26 AD SONIC BOOM PROBLEM IN CANADA. DESCRIBES PROBLEMS WITH TACAN'S (TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS). DISCUSSED IM-99 BOMARC MISSILE PROGRAM AS A REPLACEMENT FOR F-108 AIRCRAFT AND CF-105 CANADIAN HIGH PERFORMANCE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS. ALRI (AIRBORNE LONG RANGE INPUT) TO SAGE PROGRAM HAD BEEN INITIATED IN 1960 TO IMPROVE OPERATION OF AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL UNITS. ACCIDENTAL DESTRUCTION OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AIRCRAFT IN NEW MEXICO IN APRIL NOTED. PARTICIPATED IN BIG BLAST EXERCISES WITH STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AS WELL AS SIOUX HUNT, SIOUX INDIAN, SIOUX JEWEL, ET CETERA. NONE