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653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	653d Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 630th Radar Squadron
dates	1949-1952, 1953-1963
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.

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

Lineage

Established as 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 8 December 1949 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 18 June 1953 : Inactivated on 1 August 1963

Assignments

540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
33d Air Division, 18 June 1953
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June – 1 August 1963

Stations

Stewart AFB, NY, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
Tinker AFB, OK, 18 June 1953
Alexandria AFB, LA, 1 November 1954 (renamed England AFB 23 June 1955) – 1 August 1963

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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