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543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group

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Active
  
1950–1952

Part of
  
Air Defense Command

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Air Force

Type
  
Command and Control radar organization

The 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Air Defense Command, stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 10 February 1952.

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History

The unit was a Command and Control organization of General Surveillance radar squadrons providing for the air defense of the United States. The unit was inactivated due to an ADC reorganization, and its assigned radar squadrons were transferred to various Air Divisions.

Lineage

  • Established as the 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
    • Activated on 8 October 1950Inactivated on 6 February 1952Disbanded on 21 September 1984

    Assignments

  • 31st Air Division, 8 October 1950
  • Central Air Defense Force, 1 January 1951
  • 31st Air Division (Defense), 10 July 1951

    • Stations

  • Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952

    • References

    543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group Wikipedia
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