672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
| 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
|---|---|
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Emblem of the 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Active | 1949, 1956-1962 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |
 United States Air Force |
| Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Barrington Air Force Station, Nova Scotia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1962.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.
Lineage
- Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 28 March 1949
- Inactivated on 8 December 1949
- Activated on 1 December 1956
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962
Assignments
- 503d Aircraft Warning and Control Group, 28 March 1949 - 8 December 1949
- 32d Air Division, 1 December 1956
- Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958
- Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962
Stations
- Mitchel AFB, New York, 28 March 1949
- Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 April 1949
- Arlington, Virginia, 10 June 1949
- Gravelly Point, Virginia, 28 July 1949 - 8 December 1949
- Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1956
- Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 June 1957 – 1 June 1962
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
- Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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