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669th Radar Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	669th Radar Squadron
image	669th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
image_size	250
caption	Emblem of the 669th Radar Squadron
dates	1949-1968
country	United States
branch
type	General Radar Surveillance

The 669th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 27th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lompoc Air Force Station, California. It was discontinued on 18 June 1968.

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

Lineage

Established as 669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 5 May 1950 : Redesignated 669th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 April 1963 : Discontinued and inactivated on 18 June 1968

Assignments

542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 5 May 1950
544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950 (attached to 27th Air Division)
27th Air Division, 6 February 1952
Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
27th Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968

Stations

Fort MacArthur, California, 5 May 1950
Santa Rosa Island AFS, California, 11 February 1952
Lompoc AFS, California, 1 April 1963 - 18 June 1968

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).

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