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672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Inactive United States Air Force unit

Field	Value
unit_name	672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	150
caption	Emblem of the 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1949, 1956-1962
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Barrington Air Force Station, Nova Scotia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1962.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 28 March 1949 : Inactivated on 8 December 1949 : Activated on 1 December 1956 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962

Assignments

503d Aircraft Warning and Control Group, 28 March 1949 - 8 December 1949
32d Air Division, 1 December 1956
Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958
Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962

Stations

Mitchel AFB, New York, 28 March 1949
Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 April 1949
Arlington, Virginia, 10 June 1949
Gravelly Point, Virginia, 28 July 1949 - 8 December 1949
Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1956
Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 June 1957 – 1 June 1962

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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