630th Radar Squadron

630th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 630th Radar Squadron
Active	1954 1972–1977
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

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The 630th Radar Squadron is a previous designation of a provisional United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Combat Command, and was last stationed at Howard AFB, Panama. It was last inactivated on 1 June 1999.

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

Lineage

• Constituted as 630th Aircraft Control Squadron on 11 September 1946

Activated on 15 October 1946

Inactivated on 16 April 1948

Redesignated as 630th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 15 October 1953

Activated on 1 November 1953

Inactivated on 8 September 1954

Redesignated as 630th Radar Squadron 18 July 1972

Activated on 1 August 1972

Inactivated on 31 December 1977

Redesignated as 630th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 8 Jan 1988

Activated on 1 April 1988

Redesignated as 630th Radar Squadron on 1 December 1989

Redesignated as 630th Air Operations Squadron on 26 July 1993

Redesignated as 24th Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 July 1994

Inactivated on 1 June 1999

Redesignated 24th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 February 2009

Assignments

• 530th Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 15 October 1956 - 16 Apr 1948
• Ninth Air Force, 1 Nov 1953 - 15 February 1954 (attached to 629th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron 1 Nov 1953-7 January 1954, 532d Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 8 January 1954-15 February 1954)
• 532d Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 15 February 1954 – 31 December 1954
• 20th Air Division, 1 August 1972 – 31 December 1977
• USAF Southern Air Division, 1 April 1988 - 1 January 1989
• 24th Composite Wing, 1 January 1989 - 15 February 1991
• Air Forces, Panama, 15 February 1991 - 11 February 1992
• 24th Operations Group, 11 February 1992 - 26 July 1993
• 24th Wing, 26 July 1993 - 27 July 1998
• 24th Operations Group 27 July 1998 - 1 June 1999

Stations

• Quarry Heights, Canal Zone, 15 october 1946 - 16 April 1948
• Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 July – 31 December 1954
• Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Texas, 1 August 1972 – 31 December 1977

Headquarters Only

Detachments operated from:

Odessa, Texas (Z-229) (Operating Location A)

Olton, Texas (Z-242) (Operating Location B)

Ellington AFB, Texas (Z-240) (Operating Location C)

Lackland AFB, Texas (Z-241) (Operating Location D)

Sidell, Louisiana (Z-246) (Operating Location E)

Lake Charles AFS, Louisiana (Z-246) (Operating Location F)

Dauphin Island AFS, Alabama (Z-249) (Operating Location G)

• Howard AFB, Panama 1 Apr 1988 - 1 Jun3 1999

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)
• 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.
• 630th Radar Squadron Radar Site Information

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