669th Radar Squadron explained
Unit Name: | 669th Radar Squadron |
Dates: | 1949-1968 |
Country: | United States |
Type: | General Radar Surveillance |
The 669th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 27th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lompoc Air Force Station, California. It was discontinued on 18 June 1968.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Established as 669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 5 May 1950
Redesignated 669th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 April 1963
Discontinued and inactivated on 18 June 1968
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Stations
References
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf 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, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).