661st Radar Squadron: Difference between revisions

661st Radar Squadron
661st Radar Squadron
	Emblem of the 671st Radar Squadron
Active	1951-1974
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

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The 661st Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 23d Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974.

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

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Re-designated 661st Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 September 1959

Re-designated 661st Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 1 July 1974

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Stations

A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.

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 '''Lineage'''
+* Activated as 661st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1951
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+: Re-designated 661st Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 September 1959
+: Re-designated 661st Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974
+: Inactivated on 1 July 1974
 '''Assignments'''
+* 541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 January 1951
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+* [[30th Air Division]], 6 February 1952
+* [[4708th Defense Wing]], 16 February 1953
+* [[30th Air Division]], 8 July 1956
+* [[Detroit Air Defense Sector]], 1 April 1959
+* [[34th Air Division]], 1 April 1966
+* [[29th Air Division]], 14 November 1969
+* [[23d Air Division]], 19 November 1969-1 July 1974
 '''Stations'''
+* [[Selfridge AFB]], Michigan, 1 January 1951-1 July 1974
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 ==References==