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==Background== {{Main|Aerospace Defense Command}} The first Air Defense Command was established on 26 February 1940, by the War Department. On 2 March 1940, it was put under the First Army Commander. It managed air defense within four geographic air districts. It was inactivated in mid-1944 when the threat of air attack seemed minimal.<ref name=History>{{cite web | url=http://www.f-106deltadart.com/adc.htm | title=Air Defense of the Continental United States: History | work=F-106 Delta Dart β Air Defense Command | access-date=11 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208110713/http://f-106deltadart.com/adc.htm | archive-date=8 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> With the beginning of the Cold War, American defense experts and political leaders began planning and implementing a defensive air shield, which they believed was necessary to defend against a possible attack by long-range, manned Soviet bombers.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|4}} The [[Air Defense Command]] was established 21 March 1946 and the major command was established at Mitchel Field (later [[Mitchel Air Force Base]]) in New York on 27 March 1946,{{r|Lineage}} which was commanded by Lieutenant General [[George E. Stratemeyer]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/105515/george-e-stratemeyer/ | title=Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer | publisher=United States Air Force | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=Commanders>{{cite web | url=http://www.f-106deltadart.com/adc.htm | title=Air Defense of the Continental United States: Commanders | work=F-106 Delta Dart β Air Defense Command | access-date=11 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208110713/http://f-106deltadart.com/adc.htm | archive-date=8 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> By the time of the [[United States Air Force]] creation in 1947, as a separate service, it was widely acknowledged the Air Force would be the center point of this defensive effort.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|4}} The Air Force established the Continental Air Command under both the Air Defense Command and Tactical Air Command on 1 December 1948,{{r|Lineage}} at which time Commanding General [[Gordon P. Saville]] (later Major General) took command.{{r|Commanders}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/105702/major-general-gordon-p-saville/ | title=Major General Gordon Saville | publisher=United States Air Force | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> The Air Defense Command was inactivated as a major command on 1 July 1950.{{r|Lineage}} The Air Defense Command was reconstituted by the [[United States Air Force]] 1 January 1951, to protect the United States air space, with two geographically based organizations. The portion of the country east of the 103rd meridian was managed by the [[Eastern Air Defense Force]] (also First Air Force territory). The command for the [[Western Air Defense Force]] (also Second Air Force territory) was at Ent Air Force Base.{{r|Gazette Dec 1950}} The functions included an early warning system to identify and respond to impending air attacks, including fighter interception.<ref name="Gazette Dec 1950">{{cite news | url=http://more.ppld.org:8080/specialCollections/Index/ArticleOrders/184705.pdf|title=Air defense of country will rest on Springs headquarters |date=17 December 1950 | work=The Gazette| location=Colorado Springs, Colorado | page= B 1 | access-date=11 February 2015 }}</ref> Subordinate Air Force commands were given responsibility to protect the various regions of the United States.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|4}}
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