X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Aerospace Defense Command


Garland Wright

Non-command assignments included serving as Operations Officer for Joint Force Air Component Command (JFACC) 0194, and Operations Officer for Area Air Defense Command Pacific (AADCPAC).

R.I. Bong Air Force Base

The United States Air Force then instructed the Air Defense Command to study the possibility of locating a base which would house two fighter-interceptor squadrons within a 70-mile radius from the city.


122d Fighter Wing

The Air National Guard was assigned a new priority, taking over the Air Defense Mission of Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), which had replaced Aerospace Defense Command in 1979.

134th Fighter Squadron

With the disestablishment of Aerospace Defense Command in 1979, the 158th was subsequently transferred to Tactical Air Command (TAC) as a gaining command under Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), which assumed the mission of the former ADC.

147th Reconnaissance Wing

In October 1979, in as part of the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command, the USAF gained command responsibilities which shifted to Tactical Air Command (TAC) and a sub-organization equivalent to a numbered air force designated as Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC).

157th Fighter Squadron

With the equipment change to the F-16, the 169th was assigned to the air defense mission again under Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), which was established when TAC assumed the Aerospace Defense Command mission in 1979.


see also

Louis G. Leiser

In March 1972, General Leiser was named commander, 23d Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, with additional duty as deputy commander, 23d North American Air Defense/Continental Air Defense Region, with headquarters at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota.

Rosanne Bailey

She was Commander, 435th Air Base Wing, Ramstein Air Base, and Commander, Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany, and Commander, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo., where she was responsible for executing the North American Aerospace Defense Command's integrated tactical warning and attack assessment mission, the U.S. Northern Command's homeland defense mission, and U.S. Strategic Command's space and missile warning support.