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The 4702nd Defense Wing (Def Wg) is a discontinued 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 fighter squadrons to the best advantage.[2] The wing assumed operational control and the air defense mission of the 83d[3] and 84th Fighter Iinterceptor Squadrons (FIS),[4] two fighter squadrons formerly assigned to the inactivating 78th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (FIW),[5] both of which were flying Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft.[6] The support elements of the 78th FIW were replaced at Hamilton by the wing's 566th Air Base Group (ABG) the same day.[7] 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.[8] However, the wing was initially unable to perform its mission satisfactorily due to problems with its F-89s.[9]
In July 1952, the 83d FIS moved from Hamilton AFB to Paine AFB, WA and was reassigned from the wing a few days later.[3] In November 1952, the wing moved to Geiger Field, Washington[1] and the wing's units at Hamilton, the 566th ABG and the 84th FIS, were reassigned to the 28th Air Division.[4][7] As a result of this move, the wing temporarily lost all of its operational units, but it assumed USAF host responsibility for Geiger Field through its newly assigned 87th Air Base Squadron, already stationed there.[10]
In January 1953, the wing once again assumed an operational mission, when the
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The wing was discontinued in October 1954[1] and most of its units were assigned to the 9th Air Division (Defense), which was activated at Geiger.[19]
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