Cartwright, Labrador

1958 – Historical Report – USAF Historical Division


Historical Record
922nd AC&W Squadron
Cartwright, Labrador
1 July 1958 to 30 September 1958

Section I

REQUIRED DATA

  1. Unit and Location

922nd AC&W Squadron, APO 677, NY, NY

  1. Name and Grade of Commander

Israel D Siegel, Major, USAF

  1. Chain of Command (Superior Echelons)
  2. 64th Air Division (Def)
    Air Defense Command (ADC)

  • Subordinate Units (Down to and including squadrons)
  • Mission (Give authority and brief statement of primary mission)
  • 4732nd Air Defense Group, Reg 20-3
    The mission of the 922nd ACWRON is to conduct Air Defense operations within that area assigned by Headquarters, 64th Air Division and function as a GCI Station in the Air Defense System.

  • Personnel
  •    

    Officers

    Airmen

    Civilians

    Total

     
     

    Assigned

    17

    150

    37

    204

     
     

    Attached

    0

    15

    1

    16

     
                 
  • Equipment (Give official nomenclature and quantity of mission-type equipment)
  • AN/FPS-3C Search Radar (1ea); AN/FPS-502 Search Radar (1ea); AN/FPS-14 Search Radar (3ea); AN/TPS-502 Height Finding Radar (1ea); GRC/27 Multi-Channel UHF Transmitter and Receiver (4ea); GRT-3 Single Channel UHF Transmitter (4ea); GRR-7 Single Channel UHF Receiver (4ea); FRT-502 Single Channel VHF Transmitter (4ea); FRT-503 Single Channel Transmitter (1ea); URG-60 Single Channel Receiver (5ea).

    Section II

    COMMENTARY

    During the period of this report, the Operations Section had the following operational summary:

    Total Tracks: July 1330; August 1696; September 1307
    Unknowns: July 74; August 58; September 75
    Training Missions: July 10; August 5; September 15
    Total Intercepts: July 34; August 22; September 27

    The Operations Officer, Captain Clayton B Bisnette, rotated on 4 September. While awaiting the new operations officer Lt. Douglas C Harper is acting OIC.

    The AN/FPS-3C continued to operate very well during this period, with Quality Control checks averaging over 100%. The annual overhaul on this radar was completed on 10 July 1958. The AN/TPS-502 was completed on 4 July 1958. This set has operated normally during the remainder of this period.

    All operations and maintenance personnel has actual training in the recognition of ECM and in the application of ECCM. During the month of September alone, six missions were run against the site, jamming both the surveillance radars and the height finders. Jamming included chaff and electronic against the radar and some jamming of UHF radio.

    Captain Paul E Holland arrived and assumed duties as accountable supply officer for this squadron on 13 September 1958, relieving Captain Wennesheimer.

    Supply functions have been varied for this period, with the shipping season in full swing. The Magga Dan arrived at this squadron and all the detachments in July, supplying each with dry storage and frozen storage food supplies. The Wang Pioneer also visited each of these units with supplies of a general nature. The USNS Chattahootchie supplies the three detachments with their annual bulk fuel supplies. Another ship to visit the squadron was the USNS Sagitta, which brought some general supplies in during September.

    The physical plant of the squadron has been face lifted in many aspects. Re-roofing of the entire site was completed on 24 July. Almost all of the floors in the squadron areas were re-tiled, providing perhaps the most needed improvement in the housing areas. Painting and other improvements of the area have also been initiated. Other installations contracts have been completed including, storm entrances on the outside doors, repainting of the POL tanks and repair of the outside POL pump lines.

    Outdoor activities during the past months have been varied. Fishing has been the primary interest of all outdoorsmen, with Sandy Point being crowded on many occasions. Volleyball also has been widely participated in by most all members of the squadron. Softball also was played during July, and a team journeyed to Pepperrell AFB in August to participate in the 64th AD(D) tourney. Although the team had no decent practice of any kind, and won no games at Pepperrell, the squadron was proud of their showing.

    At the present time, many of the personnel are awaiting rotation. As a result, morale is high and work production is good. The Nine Twenty-Second is living up to its motto "The Best in the Business".

    Typed Name and Grade of Commander

    Israel D Siegel, Major, USAF

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