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918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
image	918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	200
caption	Emblem of the 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
dates	1952-1963
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 March 1963.

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

Lineage

Constituted as 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 16 April 1952 : Discontinued and inactivated on 1 March 1963

Assignments

Western Air Defense Force, 16 April 1952
25th Air Division, 16 February 1953
Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960 - 1 March 1963

Stations

Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada, 1 June 1953 - 1 March 1963

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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