672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1949, 1956-1962
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Barrington Air Force Station, Nova Scotia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1962.

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

• Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 28 March 1949

Inactivated on 8 December 1949

Activated on 1 December 1956

Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962

Assignments

• 503d Aircraft Warning and Control Group, 28 March 1949 - 8 December 1949
• 32d Air Division, 1 December 1956
• Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958
• Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962

Stations

• Mitchel AFB, New York, 28 March 1949
• Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 April 1949
• Arlington, Virginia, 10 June 1949
• Gravelly Point, Virginia, 28 July 1949 - 8 December 1949
• Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1956
• Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 June 1957 – 1 June 1962

 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).
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2]^{[dead link]} US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).