917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
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Active | 1952-1963 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at , British Columbia. It was inactivated on 1 February 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.
Lineage
- Activated as 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 16 April 1952
- Discontinued, 1 February 1963
Assignments
- Western Air Defense Force, 16 April 1952
- 25th Air Division, 1 January 1953
- Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960 – 1 February 1963
Stations
- Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
- , British Columbia, 8 November 1952 – 1 February 1963
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
External links[]
Categories:
- Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
- Aerospace Defense Command units