639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1952-1963
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral radar surveillance

The 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Lowther Air Station, Ontario, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 July 1963.

The unit was a general surveillance radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

  • Activated as 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 December 1956
Inactivated on 1 July 1963

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)
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