00465795
5-2238-1A
SECRET
2436751
07-01-1959
2437116
06-30-1960
DIVISON/0064/AIR (DEFENSE)
HISTORY
K-DIV-64-HI V.1
VOL I OF VIII
11405
P0641
4
244
35
2448472
08-03-1991
STATES THAT THIS HISTORICAL REPORT WAS THE LAST PREPARED WHILE 64 AIR DIVISION (DEFENSE) (64 AD) WAS STATIONED AT PEPPERELL AIR FORCE BASE, CANADA. CHAPTER I, INACTIVATION OF PEPERELL AIR FORCE BASE, TOPICS: PLANS BEFORE 1959; INTERMEDIATE HEADQUARTERS CONCEPT; PLANS IN 1960; CHANGES IN GENERAL ORGANIZATION; REACTIONS TO CLOSING OF PEPPERELL; THE UNITED STATES IN NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND CONFEDERATION WITH CANADA; PLANNING FOR PUBLIC REACTION; AND PRESS AND PUBLIC REACTION. CHAPTER II, THULE/SONDRESTROM (GREENLAND) TRANSFER, TOPICS: GREENLAND BASES STRUCTURE; CHANGES IN 1957; EASTERN EXTENSION OF THE DISTANT EARLY WARNING (DEW) LINE; BMEWS (BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; CHANGES IN SAC (STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND) EMPHASIS; TRANSFER NEGOTIATIONS; CHANGES REQUIRED IN 64 AD; AIR DEFENSE COMMAND (ADC) UMD (UNIT MANNING DOCUMENTS); SAC COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL; SUPPORT OF SAC; TRANSPORTATION; PERSONNEL; MANPOWER AND ORGANIZATION; AND CIVIL ENGINEERING. CHAPTER III, NEW 64 AD CONCERNS IN GREENLAND, TOPICS: SPECIAL DANISH GOVERNMENT PROJECTS; SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) HOTEL; CONTRACT AND DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS; EASTERN EXTENSION OF DEW LINE; SUPPLY OF WEATHER STATIONS; ARMY TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL COMMAND/ATLANTIC; SUPPORT FUNCTIONS; MOVE OF HEADQUARTERS; PLAN FOR SEALIFT AT SONDRESTROM; CHANGES AT THULE AIR BASE; 64 AD USE OF THULE AIR BASE, 1957 TO 1960; AND 327 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON. CHAPTER IV, FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR UNITS, TOPICS: REORGANIZATION OF 59 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON; INACTIVATION OF 323 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON; MOBILE CONTROL FACILITIES; GOOSE AIR BASE, CANADA, MOBILE CONTROL; GOOSE AIRCRAFT FIRING RANGE; AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; FUEL PROBLEMS; HYDRANT REFUELING AT GOOSE; FUEL CONTAMINATION AT THULE; AND DEICING CHEMICALS ON AIRFIELDS. CHAPTER V, ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NET, NAVAIDS (NAVIGATION AIDS) AND SIF (SELECTIVE IDENTIFICATION FEATURE), TOPICS: TEST OF ALERT NET NO.1; TACAN (TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION) CONSTRUCTION; RADAR BEACON AT SAINT ANTHONY, CANADA; AND USE OF SIF IN NORTH ATLANTIC AREA. CHAPTER VI, AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, TOPICS: RADARS; AN/FPS-6 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR; CHANGES IN RADAR FUNCTIONS; TECHNICAL RADAR EVALUATION; AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS; ADIZ (AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE) VIOLATIONS; AMIS (AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS INFORMATION SERVICE) AGREEMENTS; TOUCH DOWN AND RECOVERY PROCEDURES; UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT; AND TAKEOFF PRIOITIES ON SAC/NORAD BASES. CHAPTER VII, PHYSICAL OPERATIONS AT AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SITES, TOPICS: SITE REPAIRS; TRANSPORTATION OF WORKERS; QUALITY OF WORK; GROUND WATER PROBLEMS; TRANSFERS OF SAC AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITIES; USE OF CIVILIANS FOR SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AT AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SITES; AND SUPPLY SHIPMENTS TO AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SITES. CHAPTER VIII, TACTICAL EVALUATIONS, TOPICS: 1957 TACTICAL EVALUATION; ADC, NORAD AND CONAD (CONTINENTAL AIR DEFENSE) OPERATIONS ORDERS; 59 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON PROBLEM; CONAD EVALUATION AT THULE; 64 AD TACTICAL EVALUATIONS; 59 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON AND GOOSE COMPLEX; AND 323 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON AND HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, CANADA, COMPLEX. CHAPTER IX, BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (BMEWS), TOPICS: COMMUNICATIONS LINK DYE SITE TO GOOSE; ELECTRICAL POWER REQUIREMENTS; CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS; WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY; CABLE LAYOUTS; USE OF BMEWS COMMUNCTIONS CIRCUITS; BMEWS SITE CONSTRUCTION; BMEWS SITE 1 BUILDING; POWER SHIP FIRE; AND SAGLEK, CANADA, SITE STORM DAMAGE. CHAPTER X, ECM (ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES) AND SECURITY TRAINING, TOPICS: ECM AND ECCM (ELECTRONIC COUNTER COUNTERMEASURES); SOURCES OF TRAINING; ECM ACTER; TRAINING WITH SAC; BIG BLAST MISSIONS; NORAD CHANGES; CUE BALL/BIG BLAST; EXERCISE FREQUENCY; INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY. CHAPTER XI, SUPPLY TRANSPORTATION, TOPICS: COMMERCIAL AIRLIFT; UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRLIFT IN THE NORTHEAST; UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/CANADA AGREEMENT, 1959; COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER SERVICE; COMMERCIAL AIRLIFT FROM GOOSE BAY; USE OF CANADIAN SHIPS FOR SEALIFT; SUNEC; COMPLAINTS OF OPERATIONS AT MONTREAL, CANADA; AND SUPPLY OF WEATHER SITES. CHAPTER XII, CHANGES IN BASE USES AND ORGNIZATION: TOPICS: USE OF PEPPERELL AIR FORCE BASE; AACS (AIRWAYS AND AIR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE) NEEDS AT PEPPERELL; SNELLGROVE RADIO RECEIVER SITE; UNITED STATES AIR FORCE CHANGES AT TORBAY, CANADA; ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) CONTROL TOWER EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF GCA (GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH); TRANSFERS OF TENANT UNITS AT PEPPERELL; THULE/PEPPERELL COMMUNICATIONS; PROPAGATION PROBLEM; SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIO; DEW DROP SYSTEM; ASSUMING CONTROL OF NEW UNITS; FROBISHER AIRPORT, CANADA; AGREEMENT REVISION WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CANADA; FROBISHER TELEPHONE EXCHANGE; MATS (MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE) SUPPORT BUILDING AT GANDER, CANADA; CRAF (CIVILIAN RESERVE AIR FLEET) AT GANDER; REHABILITATION PROCESS; AND REROUTING OF PEPPERELL COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS.
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