00425801 6-4118-1A SECRET 2439308 07-01-1966 2439491 12-31-1966

DIVISION/0009/AEROSPACE DEFENSE

HISTORY K-DIV-9-HI V.1 VOL I OF II 11156 P0409 4 183 35 2448472 08-03-1991 9 AEROSPACE DEFENSE DIVISION RECEIVED NEW MISSION DIRECTIVE WHICH REQIRED DIVISION TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ASSIGNED SPACE SURVEILLANCE/DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO: PROVIDE MISSILE WARNING; DETECT FOREIGN MISSILE AND SATELLITE LAUNCHES; MAINTAIN SATELLITE DATA BASE CAPABLE OF DISCREET DISCRIMINATION OF ALL MAN MADE OBJECTS IN SPACE; DETERMINE SIZE, SHAPE AND ORIENTATION/STABILIZATION OF SELECTED SPACE OBJECTS; PERFORM ANTISATELLITE ACTIONS AS DIRECTED. SUBORDIATE UNIT REDESIGNATIONS AUTHORIZED IN FISCAL YEAR 1973: 71 SURVEILLANCE WING (BMEWS (BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM)) (71 SW)TO 71 MISSILE WARNING WING (ENT AIR FORCE BASE CO); DETACHMENT 1, 71 SW, TO 12 MISSILE WARNING SQUADRON (THULE, GREENLAND); DETACHMENT 2, 71 SW, TO 13 MISSILE WARNING SQUADRON (CLEAR AK); 10 AEROSPACE DEFENSE SQUADRON (10 ADS) TO 10 AEROSPACE DEFENSE GROUP (VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE CA); DETACHMENT 1, 10 ADS, TO 24 AEROSPACE SUPPORT SQUADRON (JOHNSTON ISLAND); 2 SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON (SENSOR) (2 SS) TO 73 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE WING (ENT AIR FORCE BASE); DETACHMENT 2, 2 SS, TO 16 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON (SHEMYA AK); DETACHMENT 3, 2 SS, TO 17 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON (MOORESTOWN NJ); DETACHMENT 4, 2 SS, TO 18 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON (EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE); DETACHMENT 5, 2 SS, TO DETACHMENT (X), 18 AEROSPACE SUVEILLANCE SQUADRON (JOHNSTON ISLAND); DETACHMENT 6, 2 SS, TO 19 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON (DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY); AND DETACHMENT 8, 2 SS, TO DETACHMENT 1, 73 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE WING (CLOUDCROFT NM). NEW ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED: 14 MISSILE WARNING SQUADRON (WITH THREE DETACHMENTS), OKINAWA; 15 MISSILE WARNING SQUADRON (WITH FIVE DETACHMENTS), GERMANY; SEVEN DETACHMENTS OF 71 MISSILE WARNING WING TO BE ESTABLISHED AS SLBM (SEA LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE) BECOMES OPERATIONAL; 25 AEROSPACE DEFENSE SQUADRON, VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE; AND DETACHMENT (X), 18 AEROSPACE SURVEILLANCE SQUADRON, NEW ZEALAND. UNITS NOT REDESIGNATED: DETACHMENT 3, 71 MISSILE WARNING WING, FYLINGDALES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND 1 AEROSPACE CONTROL SQUADRON, ENT AIR FORCE BASE. BRIG GEN ORIS B. JOHNSON ASSUMED COMMAND VICE MAJ GEN HORACE A. HANES. STATES THAT SPACE TRACK WAS COMPRISED OF ELECTRONIC RADAR SITES AT SHEMYA, MOORESTOWN AND DIYARBAKIR; AND BAKER NUNN OPTICAL SENSORS AT OSLO, NORWAY, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE AND SAND ISLAND, ALL PART OF 2 SURVEILANCE SQUADRON. INCLUDES MAP ENTITLED AIR DEFENSE COMMAND SPACETRACK SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE, DEC 66. INCLUDES CHRONOLOGY, GLOSSARY AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. NOFORN RD