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637th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	637th Radar Squadron
image	637th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 637th Radar Squadron
dates	1947-1970, 1974-1975
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 637th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 25th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Othello Air Force Station, Washington.

History

The squadron was originally activated at Long Beach Municipal Airport CA as the 637th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron as part of the initial cold war air defenses of the Western United States. The following year it moved to Lashup Site L-32 at McChord AFB, WA. In 1959, it moved to Site L-29 at Moses Lake AFB, WA.

The squadron finally moved to its final station at site LP-40 (later P-40, Z-40) on Saddle Mountain, WA in 1951. In 1960, the unit was integrated into the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) control system and was redesignated the 637th Radar Squadron (SAGE). Because it was stationed at a Backup Interceptor Control (BUIC) site, it was inactivated in 1970 and replaced by the like numbered 637th Air Defense Group (ADG). As defense systems against manned bomber threats were reduced, it was activated once again in 1974 to replace the 637th ADG. It was last inactivated on 31 March 1975.

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

Lineage

Constituted as the 637th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1947 : Activated on 21 May 1947 : Redesignated 637th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 September 1960 : Inactivated, 1 March 1970 : Activated, 1 January 1974 : Inactivated on 31 March 1975

Assignments

505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 21 May 1947
162d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Federalized AZ ANG), 25 May 1951
25th Air Division, 6 February 1952
4702d Defense Wing, 1 January 1953
9th Air Division, 8 October 1954
25th Air Division, 15 August 1958
4700th Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1958
Spokane Air Defense Sector, 15 March 1960
Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 September 1963
25th Air Division, 1 April 1966 - 1 March 1970
25th Air Division, 1 January 1974 - 31 March 1975
Source

Stations

Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA, 21 May 1947
McChord AFB, WA, 16 April 1948
Moses Lake AFB (later Larson AFB) WA, 1 May 1949
Saddle Mountain, WA, 1 January 1951 : Site renamed Othello Air Force Station, 1 December 1953 - 31 March 1975
Source

References

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References

Mueller, p. 394
Cornett& Johnson, p.155

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