About: 4780th Air Defense Wing   Sponge Permalink

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The 4780th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Weapons Center, and it was stationed at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, where it was discontinued in 1971. The wing was organized in 1962 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed the interceptor pilot training mission from Air Training Command (ATC).

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  • 4780th Air Defense Wing
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  • The 4780th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Weapons Center, and it was stationed at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, where it was discontinued in 1971. The wing was organized in 1962 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed the interceptor pilot training mission from Air Training Command (ATC).
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  • --07-01
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  • Air Defense Fighter Training
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  • 200(xsd:integer)
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  • 4780(xsd:integer)
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  • Convair F-102 Delta Dagger at Perrin AFB, Texas
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  • 1962(xsd:integer)
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  • 4780(xsd:integer)
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  • The 4780th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Weapons Center, and it was stationed at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, where it was discontinued in 1971. The wing was organized in 1962 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed the interceptor pilot training mission from Air Training Command (ATC). The 4780th assumed the personnel, equipment, and mission of ATC's 3555th Flying Training Wing , which was simultaneously discontinued. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the wing maintained aircraft in alert state in Texas and Florida. The wing was discontinued in 1971 when ADC concentrated all its fighter crew training at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Between 1965 and 1969, the wing was twice awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its mission performance,
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