653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
military unit
The 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. 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
Established as 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 8 December 1949
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 18 June 1953
Inactivated on 1 August 1963
Assignments
540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
33d Air Division, 18 June 1953
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June – 1 August 1963
Stations
Stewart AFB, NY, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
Tinker AFB, OK, 18 June 1953
Alexandria AFB, LA, 1 November 1954 (renamed England AFB 23 June 1955) – 1 August 1963
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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