[3] The group was assigned the 332d and 539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons (FIS), flying radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabre aircraft as its operational components.

[4][5] Some of the Sabres were F-86Ls, which were equipped with a data link for interception control through the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system.

The two fighter squadrons were already stationed at McGuire and had been assigned to the New York Air Defense Sector.

[5] The group was discontinued shortly after the 332d FIS departed for England Air Force Base, Louisiana, leaving only a single operational ADC squadron at McGuire.

[1][6] The 601st CAMS was inactivated with the group, while the 539th FIS was assigned directly to the New York Air Defense Sector.