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The 519th Air Defense Group is a disbanded 4709th Air Defense Wing, stationed at Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated in 1955. The group was originally activated as a support unit for the 485th Bombardment Group at the end of World War II in It/aly and then redeployed to the United States where it was inactivated in 1945.
The group was activated once again in 1953, when ADC established it as the headquarters for a dispersed fighter-interceptor squadron and the medical, maintenance, and administrative squadrons supporting it. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the 52d Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II.
The Hobson Plan) in 1947, which was designed to unify control at air bases.[6][8][9] It was disbanded in 1948.[10]
The 519th was reconstituted, redesignated as an air defense group, and activated at Suffolk County AFB in 1953[11] with responsibility for air defense of the Northeastern United States. It was assigned the 45th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS) and 75th FIS, which were already stationed at Suffolk County AFB, flying North American F-86 Sabres[12][13] as its operational components.[14][15] The 45th FIS and 75th FIS had been assigned directly to the 4709th Defense Wing.[14][15] The group replaced 77th Air Base Squadron as USAF host unit at Suffolk County AFB. It was assigned three squadrons to perform its support responsibilities.[16][17] Eight days later, the 331st FIS, equipped with a radar equipped and HVAR rocket armed model of the "Sabre"[18] was activated and assigned to the group.[19] In May 1953, the 45th FIS moved to Morocco and was reassigned away from the group.[14] Later in 1953, the 75th FIS upgraded to improved radar equipped "Sabres".[13]
The 519th was inactivated[11] and replaced by the 52d Fighter Group (Air Defense)[20][21] as result of Air Defense Command's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.[22] The group was disbanded once again in 1984.[23]
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