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685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	685th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1950-1963
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Las Cruces Air Force Station, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.

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

Lineage

Established as 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 27 November 1950 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 1 December 1953 : Discontinued on 1 August 1963

Assignments

544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950 - 6 February 1952
4702d Defense Wing, 1 December 1953
34th 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 - 1 August 1963

Stations

Norton AFB, California, 1 January 1951 - 6 February 1952
Geiger Field, Washington, 1 December 1953
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 1 January 1954
Las Cruces AFS, New Mexico, 1 December 1954 – 1 August 1963

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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