Armstrong, Ontario

1958 – Historical Report – USAF Historical Division

Historical Record
914th AC&W Squadron
Armstrong, Ontario
1 July 1958 to 30 September 1958

Section I

REQUIRED DATA
  1. Unit and Location

914th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron
(ADC) Armstrong, Ontario, Canada
  1. Name and Grade of Commander

Wilfred A Hafner, Major, USAF
  1. Chain of Command (Superior Echelons)

    2. Headquarters United States Air Force
    Headquarters Air Defense Command
    Headquarters Eastern Air Defense Force
    37th Air Division (Defense)
    914th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
  • Subordinate Units (Down to and including squadrons)

    • None
  • Mission (Give authority and brief statement of primary mission)

    • The mission of this squadron is to operate and maintain a Direction Center facility as part of the integrated Air Defense System of the 37th Air Division (Defense) for the purpose of conducting Air Defense Operations within this system. Authority: 37th Air Division Regulation 24-17, dated 16 January 1958, and 37th Air Division Regulation 24-17A, dated 21 April 1958.
  • Personnel
    		•
       

    Officers

    Airmen

    Civilians

    Total

    		  
     

    Assigned

    13

    150

    22

    185

    		  
     

    Attached

    2

    2

    0

    4

    		  
                 
  • Equipment (Give official nomenclature and quantity of mission-type equipment)
    •

    AN/FPS-3C Prime Search Radar; AN/FPS-502 Medium Power, Medium Range Search Radar (Back-up); AN/TPS-502 Height Finder; AN/GPA-30 Video Mapper; AN/VPX-6 Interrogator Responder (IFF); AN/GPX-501 IFF AN/FPS-502; AN/GPX-7 IFF AN/FPS-3; AN/EPS-T2 Target Reproducer; AN/UPS-T5 Target Simulator; AN/GPA-37 Jamming Simulator; NE-612 Telephone Central Office; 2 each TT/F6 Teletypewriter.

    Section II

    COMMENTARY

    Operations Section:

    Primary efforts during this period were expended towards training the 35 newly assigned radar operators. As these men represented over 65% of the men on strength in the operations section, this training was particularly important in light of the forthcoming WEX-VAL and WSEG missions.

    Each of the crews was reorganized with the training requirements and responsibilities spread equally among the inexperienced members. The training section was particularly active during this integration phase.

    This special effort paid off as well as the first of "Tiger" team operated at peak performance with a high degree of success during the WSEG exercises which began 20 August. Four such exercises were conducted through the end of September.

    NORAD CPX "Top Hand" was conducted 20 September. As 37th Air Division units were actively engaged in WEX-VAL at this time, participation by this site in this CPX was limited to surveillance functions only.

    Typed Name and Grade of Commander

    Wilfred A Hafner, Major, USAF

    Signature