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672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1949, 1956-1962
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral 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.

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  • Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 28 March 1949
Inactivated on 8 December 1949
Activated on 1 December 1956
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
  • Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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