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540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

Field	Value
unit_name	540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
dates	1951-1952
country	United States
branch
type	Command and Control
command_structure	Air Defense Command

The 540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 32d Air Division, stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.

This command and control organization activated on 16 February 1953, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved after about a year, with the units being assigned directly to the 32d AD.

Components

653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Stewart AFB, New York, 1 March 1950 – 6 February 1952
654th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Brunswick AFS, Maine, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952
655th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Watertown AFS, New York, 1 June 1950 – 6 February 1952
656th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saratoga Springs AFS, New York, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952
657th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Fort Williams, Maine, 1 January – 1 October 1951
690th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 (not manned or equipped)
762d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : North Truro AFS, Massachusetts, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952
763d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Lockport AFS, New York, 1 September 1951 – 6 February 1952
764th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Saint Albans AFS, Vermont, 1 September 1951 – 6 February 1952
765th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Charleston AFS, Maine, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952
766th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Caswell AFS, Maine, 1–6 February 1952
767th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Tierra Amarilla AFS, New Mexico, 1 January – 1 May 1951
768th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Moriarty AFS, New Mexico, 1 January – 1 May 1951
769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Continental Divide AFS, New Mexico, 1 January – 1 May 1951

References

Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126

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