793d Radar Squadron explained

Unit Name:	793d Radar Squadron
Dates:	1951-1968
Country:	United States
Type:	General Radar Surveillance

The 793d Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Hutchinson Air Force Station, Kansas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968.

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

Lineage

• Constituted as the 793d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 1 May 1951

Redesignated as 793d Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 February 1962

Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968

Assignments

• 546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 May 1951
• 159th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 4 June 1951
• 33d Air Division, 6 February 1952
• 20th Air Division, 1 March 1956
• Kansas City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
• Sioux City Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
• 30th Air Division, 1 April 1966 - 8 September 1968

Stations

• Hutchinson AFS, Kansas, 1 May 1951 - 8 September 1968

See also

• List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons

References

• Book: Cornett, Lloyd H. Johnson, Mildred W. A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980. 1980. Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Peterson AFB, CO. 17 December 2011. 23 November 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf. dead.
• Book: Winkler, David F.. Webster, Julie L. Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense Radar Program. 1997. US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. Champaign, IL. 97020912.