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688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	688th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1953-1968
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 688th 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 Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968.

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

Lineage

Activated as 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 October 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968

Assignments

25th Air Division, 1 October 1953
33d Air Division, 26 December 1953
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 – 8 September 1968

Stations

Geiger Field, Washington, 1 October 1953
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 26 December 1953
Amarillo AFB, Texas, 1 October 1954 – 8 September 1968

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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