The group was organized in 1957 as a command and control organization at Thule Air Base by Air Defense Command (ADC) when ADC took over the atmospheric defense assets of the inactivating Northeast Air Command (NEAC) at the base in 1957.

[1] It was assigned to the 64th AD[1] to manage ADC fighter and radar units at Thule.

Its squadrons had both been assigned to the 64th AD when the division was a NEAC unit.

[2][3] Its 74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS) flew Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft.

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