864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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| 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Active | 1955-1963 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Phoenix Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Yuma Air Force Station, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
[edit]- Constituted as the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 8 August 1955
- Redesignated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962
- Redesignation retroactively revoked[1]
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963
Assignments
[edit]- 27th Air Division, 8 August 1955
- Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
- Phoenix Air Defense Sector, 1 May 1961 – 1 August 1963
Stations
- Yuma County Airport, Arizona, 8 August 1955
- Base redesignated Vincent AFB, 1 September 1956
- Station redesignated Yuma AFS, 20 July 1962 – 1 August 1963
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Air Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine 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, [2][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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