706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active April 1959–June 1965
Country United States
Branch Air Force
Part of Air Defense Command
see "Assignments" section below
Garrison/HQ Dickinson Air Force Station
Motto "In Your Defense"
Equipment see "Equipment" section below
Decorations see "Lineage and honors" section below

The 706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (706 AC&W) was stationed at Dickinson Air Force Station, North Dakota, as part of the Pinetree Line, then as a SAGE site.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Background of name


[edit] Mission


[edit] Operations


[edit] Lineage and honors

  • Operational, 1959
  • Transferred to SAGE, 1961
  • Deactivated, 25 June 1965

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[edit] Decorations

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Emblem

[edit] Assignments

[edit] Components

none


[edit] Stations

Dickinson Air Force Station, North Dakota, 20 May 1951.

706 AC&W Components and Stations
Designation Location Equipment Operational Purpose Notes
TM-177 / Z-177 Dickinson AFS, ND FPS-3; FPS-66; (2x) FPS-6A; (2x) FPS-90 April 1959–April 1965 Main site Incorporated into BUIC I as a surveillance site only
TM-177A / M-98A Glendive, ND FPS-18 September 1958–11 January 1960 GFA Located 5 miles SE of Glendive, MT, with access through Makoshika State Park. Reassigned to Mines City AFS (M-98) January 1960.
TM-177B / P-28E / Z-300 / J-76 Alexander, ND FPS-18 December 1960–April 1965 GFA Reassigned to Minot AFS (Z-28) after Dickinson AFS (Z-177) closed in 1965.
TM-177C McIntosh, SD FPS-18 February 1960–April 1961 GFA  
- - - April 1959–April 1965 GATR -
"P" prefix designation = Pinetree
"M" prefix designation = first phase Mobile station
"TM" prefix designation = Third phase Mobile station
"Z" prefix designation = SAGE LRRS
"J" prefix designation = FAA JSS
BUIC 
Back Up Interceptor Control
GATR 
Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver
GFA 
Gap Filler Annex
JSS 
Joint Surveillance System
LRSS 
Long Range Radar Site


[edit] Equipment

  • FPS-3 search, 1959–1963
  • FPS-6A height, 1959–1963
  • second FPS 6A height, 1960–1963
  • FPS-66 search, 1963
  • (2x) FPS-90 height, 1963
  • FPS-18 gap filler, 1958


[edit] Commanders

[edit] References

    • Winkler, David Frank (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, Langley AFB, VA: Headquarters Air Combat Command. LCCN 97-20912. 


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