The 679th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 February 1974.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Activated as 679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 March 1951
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 1 September 1953
Redesignated
679th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 October 1962
Redesignated
679th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 31 July 1981
Assignments
545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
32d Air Division, 1 September 1953
35th Air Division, 24 December 1953
32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 31 July 1981
Stations
Great Falls AFB, MT, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
Dow AFB, ME, 1 September 1953
Dobbins AFB, GA, 24 December 1953
Jacksonville NAS, FL, 1 July 1957 – 31 July 1981
