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683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	683d Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1953-1969
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Sweetwater Air Force Station, Texas. It was inactivated on 30 September 1969.

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

Lineage

Established as 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 December 1953 : Inactivated on 30 September 1969

Assignments

4702d Defense Wing, 1 December 1953
33d Air Division, 1 January 1954
Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960
4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961
Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June 1963
31st Air Division, 1 April 1966 - 30 September 1969

Stations

Geiger Field, Washington, 1 December 1953
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1 January 1954
Sweetwater AFS, Texas, 1 March 1956 - 30 September 1969

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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