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693d Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	693d Radar Squadron
image	693d Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 693d Radar Squadron
dates	1958–1970
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 693d Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Dauphin Island Air Force Station, Alabama. It was inactivated on 30 September 1970.

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

Lineage

Established as 693d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 April 1958 : Redesignated as 693d Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 March 1961 : Inactivated on 30 September 1970

Assignments

35th Air Division, 1 April 1958
32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 November 1959
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1970

Stations

Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 8 April 1958
Dauphin Island AFS, Alabama, 1 September 1958 – 30 September 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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