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679th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	679th Radar Squadron
image	679th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 679th Radar Squadron
dates	1951–1952, 1953-1981
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 679th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. It was inactivated on 31 July 1981.

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

Lineage

Activated as 679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 March 1951 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 1 September 1953 : Redesignated 679th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 October 1962 : Redesignated 679th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974 : Inactivated on 31 July 1981

Assignments

545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
32d Air Division, 1 September 1953
35th Air Division, 24 December 1953
32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 31 July 1981

Stations

Great Falls AFB, MT, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
Dow AFB, ME, 1 September 1953
Dobbins AFB, GA, 24 December 1953
NAS Jacksonville, FL, 1 July 1957 – 31 July 1981

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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