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702d Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	702d Radar Squadron
image	702d Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 702d Radar Squadron
dates	1953–1979
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 702d Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Savannah Air Force Station, Georgia. It was inactivated on 5 June 1979.

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

Lineage

Established as the 702d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 December 1953
Redesignated 702d Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 February 1962
Redesignated 702d Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 5 June 1979

Assignments

35th Air Division, 1 December 1953
32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 5 June 1979

Stations

Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 1 December 1953
Hunter AFB (redesignated: Savannah Air Force Station, Georgia 1 April 1967) 1 March 1955 – 5 June 1979

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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