644th Radar Squadron
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644th Radar Squadron | |
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Active | 1954-1978 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 644th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at , Florida. It was inactivated on 1 April 1978.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Activated as the 644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 October 1954
- Inactivated on 1 October 1957
- Redesignated 644th Radar Squadron (SAGE)
- Activated 25 April 1960
- Redesignated 644th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 1 April 1978
Assignments
- 4707th Air Defense Wing, 1 October 1954
- 4622d Air Defense Wing, 18 October 1956
- Boston Air Defense Sector, 8 January 1957
- Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 25 April 1960
- 32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
- 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1978
Stations
- Syracuse AFS*, New York, 1 October 1954
- Portsmouth AFS, New Hampshire (renamed Rye AFS, New Hampshire, 1 July 1956), 1 July 1955 - 1 October 1957
- , Florida, 26 April 1960 – 1 April 1978
.* Not manned or equipped
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] 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] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)
External links[]
Categories:
- Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
- Aerospace Defense Command units