Air Defense Forces

Selected Air Defense Forces (1949-1983) Central Air Defense Force 1 Mar 1951 - Activated at Kansas City, MO 10 Mar 1954 - Moved to Grandview AFB, MO 27 Apr 1952 - Grandview AFB redesignated Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO 1 Jan 1960 - Inactivated Eastern Air Defense Force 1 Sep 1949 - Organized at Mitchel AFB, NY 1 Jan 1951 - Moved to Stewart AFB, NY, and assigned to ADC 1 Jan 1960 - Inactivated Western Air Defense Force 1 Jan 1951 - Assigned to ADC at Hamilton AFB, CA 1 Jul 1960 - Inactivated Sources: Cornett, Lloyd H. & Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization (1946-1980), Office of History ADC, Peterson AFB, Colorado, 31 Dec 1980, 179 pages, Pdf, page 49.