635th Radar Squadron

The 635th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Dauphin Island Air Force Station, Alabama. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

• Activated as 635th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 21 May 1947

Redesignated 635th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 11 June 1960

Inactivated on 1 August 1963

Redesignated 635th Radar Squadron

Activated 1 January 1973

Inactivated 1 July 1974

Assignments

• 505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 21 May 1947
• 25th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• 4704th Defense Wing, 1 January 1953
• 25th Air Division, 8 October 1954
• Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960 - 1 August 1963
• 20th Air Division, 1 January 1973– 1 July 1974

Stations

• McChord Field (later AFB), Washington, 21 May 1947
• Paine Field, Washington, 26 September 1948
• McChord AFB, Washington, 22 September 1950
• Fort Lawton, Washington, 1 June 1961
• Dauphin Island AFS, Alabama, 1 January 1973 – 1 July 1974

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.

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