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660th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	660th Radar Squadron
image	660th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 660th Radar Squadron
dates	1949-1952, 1953-1980
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 660th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th NORAD Region (ADTAC), Tactical Air Command, stationed at MacDill AFB, Florida. It was inactivated on 15 November 1980.

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

Lineage

Activated as 660th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 5 December 1949 : Inactivated 6 February 1952
Activated 18 June 1953 : Redesignated 660th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1961 : Redesignated 660th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974 : Inactivated on 15 November 1980

Assignments

541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 5 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
35th Air Division, 18 June 1953
32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 November 1959
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 15 November 1980

Stations

Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 5 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 18 June 1953
MacDill AFB, Florida, 1 August 1954 – 15 November 1980

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).
Information for MacDill AFB, FL

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