677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1953-1957
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, Air Defense Command, stationed at Alpena Air Force Station, Michigan. It was inactivated on 30 November 1957.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage[]

  • Established as 677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 September 1953
Inactivated on 30 November 1957

Assignments[]

  • 4711th Defense Wing, 1 September 1953
  • 4708th Defense Wing, 5 May 1954
  • 30th Air Division, 8 July 1956 – 30 November 1957

Stations[]

  • Fort Williams, Maine, 1 September 1953
  • Willow Run AFS, Michigan, 1 April 1954 (not manned or equipped)
  • Alpena AFS, Michigan, 1 December 1954 – 30 November 1957

References[]

Public Domain 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).

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