525th Air Defense Group
The 525th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 4710th Air Defense Wing at New Castle County Airport, Delaware, where it was inactivated on 18 August 1955. The group was originally activated as the 525th Air Service Group, a support unit for a combat group at the end of World War II in Italy and then redeployed to Maine, where it supported redeploying units until it was inactivated in 1945.
| 525th Air Defense Group | |
|---|---|
332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-94C Starfire at Nellis AFB | |
| Active | 1945, 1953–1955 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Fighter interceptor |
| Role | Air defense |
| Insignia | |
| Patch showing the 525th Air Defense Group emvblem | |
The group was activated once again in 1953, when Air Defense Command (ADC) established it as the headquarters for a dispersed fighter-interceptor squadron and the medical, aircraft maintenance, and administrative squadrons supporting it. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the 82d Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II.