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644th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	644th Radar Squadron
image	644th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 644th Radar Squadron
dates	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 Richmond Air Force Station, 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
Richmond AFS, Florida, 26 April 1960 – 1 April 1978

.* Not manned or equipped

References

Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf 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, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)

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