653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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 1949Inactivated 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