4702d Defense Wing

4702nd Air Defense Wing
Active	1952-1954
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter Interceptor and Radar
Role	Air Defense
Part of	Air Defense Command

The 4702nd Defense Wing (Def Wg) is a discontinued wing of the United States Air Force, last assigned to the 25th Air Division at Geiger Field, Washington. It was established in 1952 at Hamilton AFB, California in a general reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC), which replaced wings responsible for a base with wings responsible for a geographical area. It moved twice in the first few months it was active and as a result became non operational until early 1953. It then assumed control of several Fighter Interceptor and Radar squadrons in the Pacific Northwest, some of which were Air National Guard squadrons mobilized for the Korean War. It was discontinued in the fall of 1954 and its units transferred to the new 9th Air Division.

The 4702nd Def Wg was organized on 1 February 1952 at Hamilton Air Force Base (AFB) as part of a major reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC), due to the difficulty it experienced under the existing wing-base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to the best advantage. The wing assumed operational control and the air defense mission of the 83d and 84th Fighter Iinterceptor Squadrons (FIS), two fighter squadrons formerly assigned to the inactivating 78th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (FIW), both of which were flying Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft. The support elements of the 78th FIW were replaced at Hamilton by the wing's 566th Air Base Group (ABG) the same day. The wing's mission was to train and maintain tactical units in a state of readiness to intercept enemy aircraft attempting to penetrate the air defense system. However, the wing was initially unable to perform its mission satisfactorily due to problems with its F-89s.

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