546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
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546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group | |
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Active | 1951 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Command and Control |
Part of | Air Defense Command |
The 546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 33d Air Division, stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklaholma. It was inactivated on 4 June 1951.
This command and control organization activated on 19 March 1951, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 33d AD.
Components
- 792d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 16 March-4 June 1951
- 793d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Hutchinson AFS, Kansas, 1 May-4 June 1951
- 798th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Belleville AFS, Illinois, 1 May-4 June 1951
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center.
- Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
- Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, Vol I. 1945-1955 (PDF). Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.
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Categories:
- Aerospace Defense Command units
- Air control groups of the United States Air Force
- Military units and formations in Oklahoma
- 1951 establishments in Oklahoma
- 1951 disestablishments in Oklahoma