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916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1952-1961
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Beausejour Air Station, Manitoba, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1963.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Constituted as the 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 12 February 1952 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 October 1961

Assignments

32d Air Division, 12 February 1952
31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
29th Air Division, 1 January 1959
Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1959 – 1 October 1961

Stations

Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 12 February 1952
Beausejour AS, Manitoba, 1 December 1952 – 1 October 1961

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).

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