671st Radar Squadron explained

Unit Name:	671st Radar Squadron
Dates:	1962–1980
Role:	General Radar Surveillance
Decorations:	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award^[1]
Identification Symbol Label:	671st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron emblem^[2]

The 671st Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. It was last active in 1980.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

Constituted as the 671st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and activated

Organized on 1 June 1962

Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 June 1965

Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974^[3]

Inactivated 30 June 1980

Assignments

Stations

Book: Cornett. Lloyd H. Johnson. Mildred W.. A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980. March 23, 2012. 1980. Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Peterson AFB, CO. 23 November 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf. dead.
Web site: AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits . 15 June 1971 . Department of the Air Force . Washington, DC . August 11, 2016 . 4 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804134008/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol1Bk2.pdf . dead .
Web site: AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II. 30 September 1976. Department of the Air Force. Washington, DC. August 11, 2016. 4 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150804124603/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/AFP900-2Vol2.pdf. dead.
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).

Book: Winkler. David F.. Webster. Julie L. Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191330/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a331231.pdf . live . 29 October 2013 . 1997. US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. Champaign, IL. 97020912.