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777th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	777th Radar Squadron
image	777th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 777th Radar Squadron
dates	1951-1981;1988-1991
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northwest Air Defense Sector, Tactical Air Command, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991.

From 1951-1981, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter (OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

Constituted as the 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 18 December 1950 : Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 July 1960 : Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974 : Inactivated on 30 September 1980 : Activated on 1 October 1988 : Inactivated on 15 September 1991

Assignments

542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 18 December 1950
28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
25th Air Division, 1 March 1959
Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960
26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
25th Air Division, 15 September 1969 - 30 September 1980
Northwest Air Defense Sector 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991

Stations

Klamath AFS, California, 18 December 1950 - 30 September 1981
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991 (HQ Site) : Christmas Valley AFS, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site) : Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)

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).
Mountain Home AFB

References

Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 August 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 July 1991

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