22d Air Defense Missile Squadron

The squadron was activated at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia on 1 September 1959 as the 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC)^[1] and stood alert during the Cold War, equipped with IM-99 (later CIM-10) BOMARC surface to air antiaircraft missiles. The squadron was tied into the Washington Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) direction center which used analog computers to process information from ground radars, picket ships and airborne aircraft^[2] to accelerate the display of tracking data at the direction center to quickly direct the missile battery to engage hostile aircraft.^[3] The 22d was inactivated on 31 October 1972.^[1]

The BOMARC missile site was located 3 miles (4.8 km) west-northwest of Langley at 37°05′57″N 076°28′47″W / 37.09917°N 76.47972°W / 37.09917; -76.47972 (22d ADMS). Although geographically separated from the base, it received administrative and logistical support from Langley.

• Constituted as the 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron on 10 July 1959

Activated on 1 September 1959

Inactivated on 31 October 1972^[1]

• Washington Air Defense Sector, 1 September 1959^[1]
• 33d Air Division, 1 April 1966^[1]
• 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 31 October 1972^[1]

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• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

1 September 1963 – 28 February 1965^[4]

• List of United States Air Force missile squadrons

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
• Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.^{[dead link]}
• "AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits" (PDF). Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force Index. 15 June 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

Further reading

• Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense (PDF). Vol. II, 1955–1972. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2012.