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680th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	680th Radar Squadron
image	680th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 680th Radar Squadron
dates	1951-1960, 1962-1970
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 680th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Palermo Air Force Station, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 30 May 1970.

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

Lineage

Established as the 680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 March 1951 : Discontinued on 1 July 1960
Redesignated as the 680th Radar Squadron (SAGE) : Organized on 1 June 1962 : Inactivated on 30 May 1970

Assignments

545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 March 1951
29th Air Division, 6 February 1952
4702d Defense Wing, 16 February 1953
9th Air Division, 8 October 1954
25th Air Division, 15 August 1958
4700th Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1958
25th Air Division, 15 May 1960 - 1 July 1960
New York Air Defense Sector, 1 June 1962
21st Air Division, 1 April 1966
35th Air Division, 1 December 1967
33d Air Division, 1 April 1968
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 30 May 1970

Stations

Yaak AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 1 July 1960
Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 1 June 1962 – 30 May 1970

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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