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916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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Active
  
1952-1961

Country
  
United States

916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Branch
  
United States Air Force

Type
  
General Radar Surveillance

The 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Beausejour Air Station, Manitoba, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1963.

Contents

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

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
    • Activated on 12 February 1952Discontinued and inactivated on 1 October 1961

    Assignments

  • 32d Air Division, 12 February 1952
  • 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
  • 29th Air Division, 1 January 1959
  • Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1959 – 1 October 1961

    • Stations

  • Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 12 February 1952
  • Beausejour AS, Manitoba, 1 December 1952 – 1 October 1961

    • References

    916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Wikipedia
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