672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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Active 1949, 1956-1962		Country United States

Branch United States Air Force Type General Radar Surveillance

The 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Barrington Air Force Station, Nova Scotia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1962.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 28 March 1949Inactivated on 8 December 1949Activated on 1 December 1956Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962

Assignments

503d Aircraft Warning and Control Group, 28 March 1949 - 8 December 1949

32d Air Division, 1 December 1956

Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958

Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962

Stations

Mitchel AFB, New York, 28 March 1949

Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 April 1949

Arlington, Virginia, 10 June 1949

Gravelly Point, Virginia, 28 July 1949 - 8 December 1949

Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1956

Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 June 1957 – 1 June 1962

References

672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Wikipedia

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