4711th Air Defense Wing
The 4711th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, where it was discontinued in 1956. It was established in 1952 at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine as the 4711th Defense Wing in a general reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC), which replaced wings responsible for a base with wings responsible for a geographical area.
| 4711th Air Defense Wing | |
|---|---|
F-86Ds of the wing's 37th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in 1955 | |
| Active | 1952–1956 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Fighter Interceptor and Radar |
| Role | Air Defense |
| Motto(s) | Tigris in Caelo Latin Tiger in the Sky |
| Insignia | |
| 4711th Air Defense Wing emblem | |
It assumed control of several fighter Interceptor squadrons that had been assigned to the 23d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, including two Air National Guard squadrons mobilized for the Korean War. In early 1953 it also was assigned six radar squadrons in Maine, Vermont, and New York and its dispersed fighter squadrons combined with colocated air base squadrons into air defense groups. The wing was redesignated as an air defense wing in 1954. In 1956, as ADC prepared to implement the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense system, the wing lost its combat components and moved to Selfridge, where it was discontinued.