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/></a></span> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (ADC)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg/300px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg/450px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg/600px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station_-_1958.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="441" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1958 oblique airphoto looking west</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Virginia_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cape Charles AFS is located in Virginia"><img alt="Cape Charles AFS is located in Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/USA_Virginia_location_map.svg/300px-USA_Virginia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/USA_Virginia_location_map.svg/450px-USA_Virginia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/USA_Virginia_location_map.svg/600px-USA_Virginia_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="964" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.71%;left:89.291%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cape Charles AFS"><img alt="Cape Charles AFS" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div>Cape Charles AFS</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Cape Charles AFS, Virginia</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&params=37_07_58_N_075_57_11_W_&title=Cape+Charles+AFS+P-56"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°07′58″N</span> <span class="longitude">075°57′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.13278°N 75.95306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.13278; -75.95306</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Cape Charles AFS P-56</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Air Force Station</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">ADC ID: P-56, NORAD ID: Z-56</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> 1948–1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</a> 1981–present</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">mostly demolished</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1950</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">United States Army Corps of Engineers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1950-1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Demolished</th><td class="infobox-data">1980s</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data">771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Fort John Custis</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg/300px-16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg/450px-16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg/600px-16_in_gun_Fort_John_Custis_VA1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4938" data-file-height="3066" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">16"/50 caliber Mark 7 naval gun and projectile at Battery Winslow</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> 1941–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> 1948–1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</a> 1981–present</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">partly demolished, 16-inch gun battery remains</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1941</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">United States Army Corps of Engineers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1941–1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Coast Artillery">2nd Coast Artillery</a> Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/246th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="246th Coast Artillery (United States)">246th Coast Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/52nd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="52nd Coast Artillery">52nd Coast Artillery</a> Regiment (later 286th Coast Artillery (Railway) Battalion)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg/220px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg/330px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg/440px-Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station2_-_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="367" /></a><figcaption>DeHavilland U-1 Beaver at Cape Charles AFS</figcaption></figure> <style 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.plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>Map all coordinates using</b> <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station">OpenStreetMap</a> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="show links" data-collapsetext="Hide"> <p><b>Download coordinates as:</b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station">KML</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=all&titles=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station">GPX (all coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=primary&titles=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station">GPX (primary coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=secondary&titles=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station">GPX (secondary coordinates)</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div> </div> <p><b>Cape Charles Air Force Station</b> is a closed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Townsend,_Virginia" title="Townsend, Virginia">Townsend, Virginia</a>. It was closed in 1981. From 1941 to 1948 it was <b>Fort John Custis</b> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">United States Army Coast Artillery Corps</a>. Since 1984 the site has been in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge">Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge</a>. For this article's purposes the term "Fort John Custis" includes the nearby <a href="/wiki/Fisherman_Island_(Virginia)" title="Fisherman Island (Virginia)">Fisherman Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I" title="American entry into World War I">American entry into World War I</a> in April 1917, two "emergency batteries" were deployed on Fisherman Island. Two <a href="/wiki/5-inch_gun_M1900" class="mw-redirect" title="5-inch gun M1900">5-inch (127 mm) M1900 guns</a> came from Battery Ritchie at <a href="/wiki/Fort_DuPont" title="Fort DuPont">Fort DuPont</a>, Delaware; the source of the other pair of guns is less clear, and some references list them as <a href="/wiki/6-inch_gun_M1900" class="mw-redirect" title="6-inch gun M1900">6-inch (152 mm) M1900 guns</a>. With the war over, both batteries were dismantled in 1919. All types of Coast Artillery 5-inch guns were removed from service by 1920; the fate of the possible 6-inch guns is unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDSG1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDSG1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II_coastal_defense_installation">World War II coastal defense installation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II coastal defense installation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The military history of this station resumed in 1941 when the United States Army established <b>Fort Winslow</b> at this location as a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coastal defense</a> artillery installation. It complemented <a href="/wiki/Fort_Story" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Story">Fort Story</a> on Cape Henry to defend <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay</a> (HD Chesapeake). The post was briefly renamed <b>Fort Custis</b>, but it was soon realized this could create confusion with <a href="/wiki/Fort_Eustis" title="Fort Eustis">Fort Eustis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>, and in October 1942 it was renamed <b>Fort John Custis</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named for <a href="/wiki/John_Parke_Custis" title="John Parke Custis">John Parke Custis</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Martha_Washington" title="Martha Washington">Martha Washington</a> and an officer in the Revolutionary War.<sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the base was established construction began on Battery 122, later named Battery Winslow. This was for two <a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">casemated</a> <a href="/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_2_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun">16-inch (406 mm) ex-Navy guns</a>, eventually creating a crossfire with two similar batteries at Fort Story. Battery 123, another 16-inch battery, was proposed but never built. Following the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">American entry into World War II</a> a four-gun battery of <a href="/wiki/155_mm_gun_M1918" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm gun M1918">155 mm (6.1 in) guns</a> was deployed on <a href="/wiki/Fisherman_Island_(Virginia)" title="Fisherman Island (Virginia)">Fisherman Island</a>; circular concrete "<a href="/wiki/Panama_mount" title="Panama mount">Panama mounts</a>" were built to improve their firing positions. This was a stopgap until two 6-inch (152 mm) gun batteries were completed at the fort in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A mine casemate for a <a href="/wiki/Submarine_mines_in_United_States_harbor_defense" title="Submarine mines in United States harbor defense">controlled underwater mine field</a> was built on Fisherman Island.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/52nd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="52nd Coast Artillery">52nd Coast Artillery</a> (CA) Regiment arrived at Fort John Custis on 27 August 1942, armed with eight <a href="/wiki/8-inch_Mk._VI_railway_gun" title="8-inch Mk. VI railway gun">8-inch (203 mm) ex-Navy railway guns</a>. On 5 April 1943 this battalion was redesignated as the 286th CA (Rwy) Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-Gaines52_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines52-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At least ten <a href="/wiki/Fire_control_tower" title="Fire control tower">fire control towers</a> were built on the Eastern Shore to support the fort. Three still stand on <a href="/wiki/Smith_Island,_Virginia" title="Smith Island, Virginia">Smith Island</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles_Lighthouse" title="Cape Charles Lighthouse">Cape Charles Lighthouse</a> and another two were on <a href="/wiki/Mockhorn_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Mockhorn Island">Mockhorn Island</a>. One was on the mainland fort property and three were at Wise Point. Another was in <a href="/wiki/Cheapside,_Virginia" title="Cheapside, Virginia">Cheapside, Virginia</a>, north of what is now <a href="/wiki/Kiptopeke_State_Park" title="Kiptopeke State Park">Kiptopeke State Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The batteries on the mainland at Fort John Custis during World War II were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-CDSG1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDSG1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>No. of guns </th> <th>Gun type </th> <th>Carriage type </th> <th>Years active </th> <th>Condition in 2015 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Winslow (Battery 122)</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_2_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun">16-inch (406 mm) Navy MkIIMI gun</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbette" title="Barbette">barbette</a> M4</td> <td>1943–1948</td> <td>Intact, 16-inch Mark 7 gun on site </td></tr> <tr> <td>Battery A, 286th CA Bn</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/8-inch_Mk._VI_railway_gun" title="8-inch Mk. VI railway gun">8-inch (203 mm) Navy MkVIM3A2 gun</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Railway_gun" title="Railway gun">railway</a> M1A1</td> <td>1942–1944</td> <td>demolished </td></tr> <tr> <td>Battery B, 286th CA Bn</td> <td>4</td> <td>8-inch (203 mm) Navy MkVIM3A2 gun</td> <td>railway M1A1</td> <td>1942–1944</td> <td>demolished </td></tr> <tr> <td>Battery 228</td> <td>2</td> <td>Not armed, slated for <a href="/wiki/6-inch_gun_M1" class="mw-redirect" title="6-inch gun M1">6-inch (152 mm) gun</a> T2-M1</td> <td>shielded barbette M4</td> <td>1943–NA</td> <td>Buried </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The batteries on Fisherman Island during World War II were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-CDSG1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDSG1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>No. of guns </th> <th>Gun type </th> <th>Carriage type </th> <th>Years active </th> <th>Condition in 2015 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Battery 227</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/6-inch_gun_M1905" class="mw-redirect" title="6-inch gun M1905">6-inch (152 mm) gun</a> M1905</td> <td>shielded barbette M1</td> <td>1943–1965</td> <td>Guns to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pickens" title="Fort Pickens">Fort Pickens</a>, Florida, intact </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) 20</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/3-inch_M1902_seacoast_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3-inch M1902 seacoast gun">3-inch (76 mm) gun</a> M1902</td> <td>pedestal M1902</td> <td>1942–1944</td> <td>Guns from Battery Lee, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wool" title="Fort Wool">Fort Wool</a>, partly buried </td></tr> <tr> <td>AMTB 24</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3" title="90 mm gun M1/M2/M3">90 mm (3.54 in) gun</a></td> <td>two fixed T3/M3, two mobile</td> <td>1943–1946</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Battery 155</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/155_mm_gun_M1918" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm gun M1918">155 mm (6.1 in) gun</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panama_mount" title="Panama mount">Panama mounts</a></td> <td>1942–194?</td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>From 1940 through October 1944, HD Chesapeake was garrisoned by the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Coast Artillery (United States)">2nd Coast Artillery Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">regular army</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Gaines2nd_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines2nd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/246th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="246th Coast Artillery (United States)">246th Coast Artillery Regiment</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Army_National_Guard" title="Virginia Army National Guard">Virginia National Guard</a> component, plus the railway units already mentioned.<sup id="cite_ref-CDSGNGReg_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDSGNGReg-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 August 1944 the 286th Coast Artillery Battalion (Railway) and its railway guns were withdrawn from the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 April 1944 most of the 246th Coast Artillery Regiment was inactivated, with the remainder transferred to <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">HD Beaufort</a>, North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-CDSGNGReg_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDSGNGReg-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 October 1944 the 2nd Coast Artillery Regiment was reorganized as the 2nd and 175th Coast Artillery Battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStanton1991455,_483,_489_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStanton1991455,_483,_489-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 April 1945 those battalions were reorganized as elements of HD Chesapeake Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-Gaines2nd_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines2nd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the end of World War II the army scrapped almost all of its coast defense guns, including all but two of those at Fort John Custis, and inactivated the fort. The <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> used Fisherman Island from 1949 to 1969. Two 6-inch M1905 guns remained at Battery 227 until 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when they were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pickens" title="Fort Pickens">Fort Pickens</a>, Florida, where they remain on display.<sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War_radar_installation">Cold War radar installation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cold War radar installation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States Air Force acquired the Fort Custis site from the army in 1948 as a temporary Lashup radar site, being designated <b>L-15</b> and initially called Fort Custis.<sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rad1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rad1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It installed <a href="/wiki/AN/CPS-5" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/CPS-5">AN/CPS-5</a> and <a href="/wiki/AN/CPS-4" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/CPS-4">AN/CPS-4</a> radars when the air force authorized the <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> to put thirteen radar stations in operation in the northeastern United States. This temporary system was named <a href="/wiki/Lashup_Radar_Network" title="Lashup Radar Network"><b>Lashup</b></a> to distinguish it from the Interim Program for which the air force was seeking appropriations. The 771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated to operate the site. A small airfield was established near the station, to provide logistical support due to its isolated location at the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula" title="Delmarva Peninsula">Delmarva Peninsula</a>. </p><p>L-15 was upgraded in 1952 and redesignated as Cape Charles Air Force Station in December 1953,<sup id="cite_ref-FWiki1_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWiki1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent radar network, called the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_System_radar_stations" title="Permanent System radar stations">Priority Permanent System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prompted by the start of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, on 11 July 1950 the Secretary of the Air Force asked the Secretary of Defense for approval to expedite construction of the permanent network. Receiving the Defense Secretary’s approval on 21 July, the air force directed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a> to proceed with construction. Because of difficulties with the new radar equipment, the Fort Custis station initially reused the radar equipment from the former Lashup site to expedite operational status. Thus it was redesignated as <b>LP-56</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rad1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rad1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 771st AC&W Squadron continued operating the <a href="/wiki/AN/CPS-4_Radar" title="AN/CPS-4 Radar">AN/CPS-4</a> and as of April 1952 an <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-3" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-3">AN/FPS-3</a> radar as well. The AN/FPS-3 remained operational until 1962. Initially the station functioned as a ground-control intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptor aircraft</a> toward intruders picked up on the unit's radar. </p><p>In 1955 an <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-8" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-8">AN/FPS-8</a> was installed, converted to an <a href="/wiki/AN/GPS-3" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/GPS-3">AN/GPS-3</a>, and operated through 1958. By the end of that year, two <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-6" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-6">AN/FPS-6</a> heightfinder radars were activated. During 1959 Cape Charles AFS joined the <a href="/wiki/Semi_Automatic_Ground_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi Automatic Ground Environment">Semi Automatic Ground Environment</a> (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-04 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_AFS" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lee AFS">Fort Lee AFS</a>, Virginia. After joining, the squadron was re-designated as the <a href="/wiki/771st_Radar_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="771st Radar Squadron">771st Radar Squadron</a> (SAGE) on 1 October 1959. The radar squadron provided information 24/7 to the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range, direction, altitude, speed, and whether the aircraft were friendly or hostile. On 31 July 1963, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID <b>Z-56</b>. </p><p>In addition to the main facility, Cape Charles AFS operated several unmanned <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-14" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-14">AN/FPS-14</a> Gap Filler sites: </p> <ul><li>Temperanceville, VA (P-56A/Z-56A): <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&params=37_51_38_N_075_33_28_W_&title=P-56A"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°51′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">075°33′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.86056°N 75.55778°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.86056; -75.55778</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">P-56A</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></li> <li>Bethany Beach, DE (P-56B/Z-56B): <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&params=38_31_35_N_075_06_26_W_&title=P-56B"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°31′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">075°06′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.52639°N 75.10722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.52639; -75.10722</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">P-56B</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></li> <li>Elizabeth City, NC (P-56C/Z-56C): <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&params=36_14_46_N_076_15_20_W_&title=P-56C"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°14′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">076°15′20″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.24611°N 76.25556°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.24611; -76.25556</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">P-56C</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></li></ul> <p>In 1963 the site hosted <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-7" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-7">AN/FPS-7</a>, <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-6" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-6">AN/FPS-6</a>, and <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-26" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-26">AN/FPS-26</a>A radars. In 1963 the site also became an ADC/<a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> joint-use facility. The facility came under <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> jurisdiction in 1979 with the inactivation of <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Defense_Command" title="Aerospace Defense Command">Aerospace Defense Command</a> and the activation of <a href="/wiki/ADTAC" class="mw-redirect" title="ADTAC">ADTAC</a>. Air Force use ended in 1981 and Cape Charles AFS was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Oceana" title="Naval Air Station Oceana">Naval Air Station Oceana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Surveillance_System" title="Joint Surveillance System">Joint Surveillance System</a> (JSS) radar site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present">Present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, the former Cape Charles Air Force Station has mostly been demolished, and is now part of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge">Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge</a>, although a few minor service buildings remain. The housing area remains and the units are now in private hands. The Gap Filler support buildings at Z-56A (Temperanceville, VA) and Z-56C (Elizabeth City, NC) remain, although the tower and radar are gone. Z-56B (Bethany Beach, DE) is now part of a golf course. One <a href="/wiki/Fire_control_tower" title="Fire control tower">fire control tower</a> from Fort John Custis remains near the former runway; another remains north of <a href="/wiki/Kiptopeke_State_Park" title="Kiptopeke State Park">Kiptopeke State Park</a>. A <a href="/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_7_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun">16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun</a> and a projectile from an <a href="/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship" title="Iowa-class battleship"><i>Iowa</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> have been placed at Battery Winslow.<sup id="cite_ref-AFN1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFN1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_Force_Units_and_Assignments">Air Force Units and Assignments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Air Force Units and Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:771st_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/771st_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png/250px-771st_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/771st_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="366" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the 771st Radar Squadron</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Units">Units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron</b> on 14 November 1950</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 27 November 1950</dd> <dd>Redesignated as the <b>771st Radar Squadron</b> (SAGE) on 1 October 1959</dd> <dd>Redesignated as the <b>771st Radar Squadron</b> on 1 February 1974</dd> <dd>Inactivated 30 September 1981</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/503d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group</a>, 27 November 1950</li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Division" title="26th Air Division">26th Air Division</a>, 6 February 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4710th_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4710th Defense Wing">4710th Defense Wing</a>, 16 February 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Air_Division" title="85th Air Division">85th Air Division</a>, 1 March 1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Washington Air Defense Sector">Washington Air Defense Sector</a>, 1 September 1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Air Division">33d Air Division</a>, 1 April 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Air_Division" title="20th Air Division">20th Air Division</a>, 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1981</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seacoast_defense_in_the_United_States" title="Seacoast defense in the United States">Seacoast defense in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">United States Army Coast Artillery Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">Harbor Defense Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_coastal_fortifications_of_the_United_States" title="List of coastal fortifications of the United States">List of coastal fortifications of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarillo Air Force Base">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base" title="Beale Air Force Base">Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Charleston Field">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dobbins_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Dobbins Air Reserve Base">Dobbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Duluth Air National Guard Base">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellington_Field_Joint_Reserve_Base" title="Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base">Ellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_Air_Force_Base" title="England Air Force Base">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ent_Air_Force_Base" title="Ent Air Force Base">Ent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Burlington Air National Guard Base">Ethan Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_Field" title="Fairfax Field">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Fallon" title="Naval Air Station Fallon">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Gregg-Adams" title="Fort Gregg-Adams">Fort Gregg-Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Heath" title="Fort Heath">Fort Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_International_Airport" title="Spokane International Airport">Geiger</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imeson_Field" title="Imeson Field">Imeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base" title="Kincheloe Air Force Base">Kincheloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base">Kingsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base" title="Lackland Air Force Base">Lackland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo_Air_Force_Base" title="Laredo Air Force Base">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base" title="Larson Air Force Base">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base" title="Luke Air Force Base">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCoy_Air_Force_Base" title="McCoy Air Force Base">McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McClellan_Air_Force_Base" title="McClellan Air Force Base">McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGhee_Tyson_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base">McGhee Tyson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_Joint_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station">Minneapolis-St. Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchel_Air_Force_Base" title="Mitchel Air Force Base">Mitchel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="New Castle Air National Guard Base">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station">Niagara Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_Air_Force_Base" title="Norton Air Force Base">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=O%27Hare_Air_Reserve_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O'Hare Air Reserve Station (page does not exist)">O'Hare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Otis Air National Guard Base">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Air_Force_Base" title="Oxnard Air Force Base">Oxnard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paine_Air_National_Guard_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paine Air National Guard Base (page does not exist)">Paine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrin_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Perrin Air Force Base">Perrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_Space_Force_Base" title="Peterson Space Force Base">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_IAP_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Portland Air National Guard Base">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base" title="Presque Isle Air Force Base">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.I._Bong_Air_Force_Base" title="R.I. Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richards-Gebaur_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base">Richards-Gebaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K.I. Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Sioux City Air National Guard Base">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Stewart Air National Guard Base">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_S._Gabreski_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base">Suffolk County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truax_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Truax Field Air National Guard Base">Truax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyndall_Air_Force_Base" title="Tyndall Air Force Base">Tyndall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent Air Force Base">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_Air_Force_Base" title="Webb Air Force Base">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Joint_Air_Reserve_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Westover Joint Air Reserve Base">Westover</a></li> <li><a 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Station">Carmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_Air_Force_Station" title="Caswell Air Force Station">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_Air_Force_Station" title="Chandler Air Force Station">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Station" title="Charleston Air Force Station">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Space_Force_Station" title="Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claysburg_Air_Force_Station" title="Claysburg Air Force Station">Claysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colville_Air_Force_Station" title="Colville Air Force Station">Colville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condon_Air_Force_Station" title="Condon Air Force Station">Condon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide_Air_Force_Station" title="Continental Divide Air Force Station">Continental Divide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_Air_Force_Station" title="Cottonwood Air Force Station">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Cross City Air Force Station">Cross City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Crystal Springs Air Force Station">Crystal Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curlew_Air_Force_Station" title="Curlew Air Force Station">Curlew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_Air_Force_Station" title="Custer Air Force Station">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Bank_Air_Force_Station" title="Cut Bank Air Force Station">Cut Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Center_Air_Force_Station" title="Dallas Center Air Force Station">Dallas Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Dauphin Island Air Force Station">Dauphin Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Dickinson Air Force Station">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Fortuna_Air_Force_Station" title="Fortuna Air Force Station">Fortuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Air_Force_Station" title="Gettysburg Air Force Station">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Marais_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Marais Air Force Station">Grand Marais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Rapids Air Force Station">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guthrie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guthrie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Hanna City Air Force Station">Hanna City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havre_Air_Force_Station" title="Havre Air Force Station">Havre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_Air_Force_Station" title="Highlands Air Force Station">Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma_Air_Force_Station" title="Houma Air Force Station">Houma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Hutchinson Air Force Station">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joelton_Air_Force_Station" title="Joelton Air Force Station">Joelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keno_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Keno Air Force Station">Keno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen_Air_Force_Station" title="Killeen Air Force Station">Killeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Air_Force_Station" title="Kingman Air Force Station">Kingman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirksville_Air_Force_Station" title="Kirksville Air Force Station">Kirksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Air_Force_Station" title="Klamath Air Force Station">Klamath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake Charles Air Force Station">Lake Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake City Air Force Station">Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Cruces_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Cruces Air Force Station">Las Cruces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Vegas Air Force Station">Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewistown_Air_Force_Station" title="Lewistown Air Force Station">Lewistown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lockport_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lockport Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lufkin_Air_Force_Station" title="Lufkin Air Force Station">Lufkin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lyndonville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyndonville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lyndonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_Air_Force_Station" title="Madera Air Force Station">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makah_Air_Force_Station" title="Makah Air Force Station">Makah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mica_Peak_Air_Force_Station" title="Mica Peak Air Force Station">Mica Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miles_City_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miles City Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Miles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill Valley Air Force Station">Mill Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Station" title="Minot Air Force Station">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montauk_Air_Force_Station" title="Montauk Air Force Station">Montauk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriarty_Air_Force_Station" title="Moriarty Air Force Station">Moriarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hebo_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Hebo Air Force Station">Mount Hebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Laguna_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Laguna Air Force Station">Mount Laguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Lemmon Air Force Station">Mount Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naselle_Air_Force_Station" title="Naselle Air Force Station">Naselle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bend_Air_Force_Station" title="North Bend Air Force Station">North Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston_Air_Force_Station" title="North Charleston Air Force Station">North Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Truro_Air_Force_Station" title="North Truro Air Force Station">North Truro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Oklahoma City Air Force Station">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olathe_Air_Force_Station" title="Olathe Air Force Station">Olathe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Air_Force_Station" title="Omaha Air Force Station">Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opheim_Air_Force_Station" title="Opheim Air Force Station">Opheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_Air_Force_Station" title="Osceola Air Force Station">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othello_Air_Force_Station" title="Othello Air Force Station">Othello</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owingsville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Owingsville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Owingsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozona_Air_Force_Station" title="Ozona Air Force Station">Ozona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo_Air_Force_Station" title="Palermo Air Force Station">Palermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Arena_Air_Force_Station" title="Point Arena Air Force Station">Point Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Austin_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Austin Air Force Station">Port Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Isabel_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Isabel Air Force Station">Port Isabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyote_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyote Air Force Station">Pyote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Bluff_Air_Force_Station" title="Red Bluff Air Force Station">Red Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Air_Force_Station" title="Rochester Air Force Station">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockport_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockport Air Force Station">Rockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockville Air Force Station">Rockville (Indiana)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roslyn_Air_National_Guard_Station" title="Roslyn Air National Guard Station">Roslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_Air_Force_Station" title="Rye Air Force Station">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Albans_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Albans Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Saint Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Clemente_Island_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="San Clemente Island Air Force Station">San Clemente Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station">Santa Rosa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Saratoga Springs Air Force Station">Saratoga Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Sault Ste Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station" title="Eareckson Air Station">Shemya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling" title="Fort Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" title="Snow Mountain Air Force Station">Snow Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetwater_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweetwater Air Force Station">Sweetwater</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texarkana_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texarkana Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tierra_Amarilla_Air_Force_Station" title="Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station">Tierra Amarilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville_Air_Force_Station" title="Thomasville Air Force Station">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonopah_Air_Force_Station" title="Tonopah Air Force Station">Tonopah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsham_Air_Force_Station" title="Topsham Air Force Station">Topsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Creeks_Air_Force_Station" title="Two Creeks Air Force Station">Two Creeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadena_Air_Force_Station" title="Wadena Air Force Station">Wadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Ridge_Air_Force_Station" title="Walnut Ridge Air Force Station">Walnut Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown_Air_Force_Station" title="Watertown Air Force Station">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waverly_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waverly Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Waverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Mesa_Air_Force_Station" title="West Mesa Air Force Station">West Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Run_Air_Force_Station" title="Willow Run Air Force Station">Willow Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnemucca_Air_Force_Station" title="Winnemucca Air Force Station">Winnemucca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_Air_Force_Station" title="Winslow Air Force Station">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_Air_Force_Station" title="Winston-Salem Air Force Station">Winston-Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Woomera Airfield">Woomera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaak_Air_Force_Station" title="Yaak Air Force Station">Yaak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zapata_Air_Force_Station" title="Zapata Air Force Station">Zapata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Armstrong" title="CFS Armstrong">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Baldy_Hughes" title="CFS Baldy Hughes">Baldy Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beausejour" title="CFS Beausejour">Beausejour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Makkovik_Air_Station" title="Cape Makkovik Air Station">Cape Makkovik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartwright_Air_Station" title="Cartwright Air Station">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Throat_Island_Air_Station" title="Cut Throat Island Air Station">Cut Throat Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliston_Ridge_Air_Station" title="Elliston Ridge Air Station">Elliston Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Harbour_Air_Station" title="Fox Harbour Air Station">Fox Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hofn_Air_Station" title="Hofn Air Station">Hofn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopedale_Air_Station" title="Hopedale Air Station">Hopedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Kamloops" title="CFS Kamloops">Kamloops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Scie_Air_Station" title="La Scie Air Station">La Scie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langanes_Air_Station" title="Langanes Air Station">Langanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrar_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Latrar Air Station">Latrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Air_Station" title="Melville Air Station">Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCAF_Station_Puntzi_Mountain" title="RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain">Puntzi Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Ramore" title="CFS Ramore">Ramore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cliff_Air_Station" title="Red Cliff Air Station">Red Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Station_(Iceland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockville Air Station (Iceland)">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Saglek" title="CFS Saglek">Saglek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Air_Station" title="Saint Anthony Air Station">St. Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beaverlodge" title="CFS Beaverlodge">Saskatoon Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Sioux_Lookout" title="CFS Sioux Lookout">Sioux Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Island_Air_Station" title="Spotted Island Air Station">Spotted Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenville_Air_Station" title="Stephenville Air Station">Stephenville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air<br />Defense<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Defense_Force" title="Central Air Defense Force">Central Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Defense_Force" title="Eastern Air Defense Force">Eastern Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Group" title="85th Group">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Defense_Force" title="Western Air Defense Force">Western Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air<br />Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8th_Air_Division" title="8th Air Division">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Space_Division" title="9th Space Division">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Air_Division" title="20th Air Division">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Air_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Air Division (United States)">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Air_Division" title="24th Air Division">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Division" title="25th Air Division">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Division" title="26th Air Division">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Air_Division" title="27th Air Division">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Air_Division" title="28th Air Division">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Air_Division" title="29th Air Division">29th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Air_Division" title="30th Air Division">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Air_Division" title="31st Air Division">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Division">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="33rd Air Division">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Air_Division" title="34th Air Division">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Air_Division" title="35th Air Division">35th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Air_Division" title="37th Air Division">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Air Division">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Air_Division" title="85th Air Division">85th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sectors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Albuquerque Air Defense Sector">Albuquerque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Bangor Air Defense Sector">Bangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Boston Air Defense Sector">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Chicago Air Defense Sector">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Detroit Air Defense Sector">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Duluth Air Defense Sector">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Goose Air Defense Sector">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Grand Forks Air Defense Sector">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Falls_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Great Falls Air Defense Sector">Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Kansas City Air Defense Sector">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Air Defense Sector">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Minot Air Defense Sector">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery Air Defense Sector">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Air Defense Sector">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Phoenix Air Defense Sector">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Portland Air Defense Sector">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reno_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Reno Air Defense Sector">Reno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector">Sault Sainte Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Air_Defense_Sector" title="San Francisco Air Defense Sector">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Air Defense Sector">Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sioux City Air Defense Sector">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Spokane Air Defense Sector">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart Air Defense Sector">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Syracuse Air Defense Sector">Syracuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Washington Air Defense Sector">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Space_Wing" title="50th Space Wing">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Fighter Wing">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="78th Fighter Wing">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Interceptor_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Fighter_Wing" title="325th Fighter Wing">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="328th Fighter Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="507th Fighter Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Detection and Control <a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Space Group">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Electronic_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="551st Electronic Systems Wing">551st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/552d_Air_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="552d Air Control Wing">552d</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/46th_Test_Wing" title="46th Test Wing">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4620th Air Defense Wing">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4621st_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4621st Air Defense Wing">4621st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4622d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4622d Air Defense Wing">4622d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4624th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4624th Air Defense Wing">4624th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4625th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4625th Air Defense Wing">4625th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4627th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4627th Air Defense Wing">4627th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4628th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4628th Air Defense Wing">4628th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4683d_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4683d Air Defense Wing">4683d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4700th Air Defense Wing">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4702d_Defense_Wing" title="4702d Defense Wing">4702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4703d_Defense_Wing" title="4703d Defense Wing">4703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4704th_Defense_Wing" title="4704th Defense Wing">4704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4705th_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4705th Defense Wing">4705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4706th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4706th Air Defense Wing">4706th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4707th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4707th Air Defense Wing">4707th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4708th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4708th Air Defense Wing">4708th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4709th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4709th Air Defense Wing">4709th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4710th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4710th Air Defense Wing">4710th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4711th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4711th Air Defense Wing">4711th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4750th Air Defense Wing">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4751st_Air_Defense_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4751st Air Defense Missile Wing">4751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4752d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4752d Air Defense Wing">4752d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4756th Air Defense Wing">4756th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4780th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4780th Air Defense Wing">4780th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fighter Group">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Group" title="4th Fighter Group">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Wing" title="15th Wing">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Fighter Group">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Wing">53d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Fighter-Interceptor Group">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="79th Fighter Group">79th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" title="81st Fighter-Bomber Group">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Operations Group">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="84th Fighter Group">84th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Operations_Group" title="325th Operations Group">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="326th Fighter Group">326th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/327th_Aircraft_Sustainment_Wing" title="327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing">327th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Armament_Systems_Wing" title="328th Armament Systems Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/329th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="329th Fighter-Interceptor Group">329th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="337th Fighter Group">337th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343d_Wing" title="343d Wing">343d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="408th Fighter Group">408th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412th_Test_Wing" title="412th Test Wing">412th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414th_Fighter_Group" title="414th Fighter Group">414th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/473d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="473d Fighter Group">473d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Weapons_Evaluation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Weapons Evaluation Group">475th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/476th_Fighter_Group" title="476th Fighter Group">476th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/478th_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" title="478th Aeronautical Systems Wing">478th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/10th_Aerospace_Defense_Group" title="10th Aerospace Defense Group">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Defense_Group" title="500th Air Defense Group">500th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="501st Air Defense Group">501st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/502d_Air_Defense_Group" title="502d Air Defense Group">502d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/503d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Air Defense Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/514th_Air_Defense_Group" title="514th Air Defense Group">514th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/515th_Air_Defense_Group" title="515th Air Defense Group">515th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/516th_Air_Defense_Group" title="516th Air Defense Group">516th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/517th_Air_Defense_Group" title="517th Air Defense Group">517th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/518th_Air_Defense_Group" title="518th Air Defense Group">518th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/519th_Air_Defense_Group" title="519th Air Defense Group">519th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/520th_Air_Defense_Group" title="520th Air Defense Group">520th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/521st_Air_Defense_Group" title="521st Air Defense Group">521st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/525th_Air_Defense_Group" title="525th Air Defense Group">525th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/527th_Air_Defense_Group" title="527th Air Defense Group">527th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/528th_Air_Defense_Group" title="528th Air Defense Group">528th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/529th_Air_Defense_Group" title="529th Air Defense Group">529th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/530th_Air_Defense_Group" title="530th Air Defense Group">530th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/533d_Air_Defense_Group" title="533d Air Defense Group">533d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/534th_Air_Defense_Group" title="534th Air Defense Group">534th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Air_Defense_Group" title="564th Air Defense Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Air_Defense_Group" title="566th Air Defense Group">566th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/567th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="567th Air Defense Group">567th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/568th_Air_Defense_Group" title="568th Air Defense Group">568th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/575th_Air_Defense_Group" title="575th Air Defense Group">575th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/637th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="637th Air Defense Group">637th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/665th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="665th Air Defense Group">665th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/678th_Air_Defense_Group" title="678th Air Defense Group">678th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/692d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="692d Air Defense Group">692d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/701st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="701st Air Defense Group">701st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="751st Air Defense Group">751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="762d Air Defense Group">762d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="765th Air Defense Group">765th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="778th Air Defense Group">778th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/780th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="780th Air Defense Group">780th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/827th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="827th Air Defense Group">827th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/858th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="858th Air Defense Group">858th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4606th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4606th Air Defense Group">4606th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4620th Air Defense Group">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4676th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4676th Air Defense Group">4676th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4700th Air Defense Group">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4721st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4721st Air Defense Group">4721st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4722d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4722d Air Defense Group">4722d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4727th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4727th Air Defense Group">4727th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4728th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4728th Air Defense Group">4728th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4729th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4729th Air Defense Group">4729th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4730th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4730th Air Defense Group">4730th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4731st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4731st Air Defense Group">4731st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4732d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4732d Air Defense Group">4732d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4733d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4733d Air Defense Group">4733d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4734th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4734th Air Defense Group">4734th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4735th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4735th Air Defense Group">4735th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4750th Air Defense Group">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4756th Air Defense Group">4756th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Aircraft Control & Warning <a href="/wiki/503d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/505th_Command_and_Control_Wing" title="505th Command and Control Wing">505th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/540th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">540th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/541st_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group">541st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/542d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">542d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/543d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">543d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">544th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/545th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">545th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/546th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">546th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/563d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="563d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">563d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="564th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/565th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="565th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">565th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="566th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">566th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Defense_Command_Fighter_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons">Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons">Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Electronic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">TB-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">EB-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star" title="Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star">EC-121</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Propeller:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin 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