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776th Radar Squadron

Inactive US Air Force unit

Field	Value
unit_name	776th Radar Squadron
image	OTH-B coverage.gif
image_size	300
caption	over-the-horizon radar coverage
dates	1951–1980; 1985–1991
country
branch
role	Radar Surveillance
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File:776 Radar Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	776th Radar Squadron emblemThe rattlesnake design was approved 30 January 1955. It was later placed on a white disc outlined black.

The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 6 September 1991.

From 1951 to 1980, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1985 to 1991, it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter(OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

Constituted as the 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950 : Activated on 27 November 1950 : Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 January 1961 : Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974 : Inactivated on 30 September 1980
Activated 1 October 1985 : Inactivated 6 September 1991

Assignments

542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950
28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960
Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 August 1963
26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
27th Air Division, 15 September 1969
26th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 30 September 1980
24th Air Division 1 October 1985
Northeast Air Defense Sector, 1 December 1987 - 6 September 1991

Stations

Point Arena Air Force Station, California, 1 January 1951 – 30 September 1980
Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, 1 October 1985 – 6 September 1991 (HQ Site) : Moscow Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Transmitter site) : Columbia Falls Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Receiver site)

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

Moscow Air Force Station

; Further reading

References

AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol II, p. 89
Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson,p.167.
Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 Aug 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 Jul 1991

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