661st Radar Squadron
661st Radar Squadron |
Emblem of the 671st Radar Squadron |
Active |
1949-1974 |
Country |
United States |
Branch |
United States Air Force |
Type |
General Radar Surveillance |
The 661st Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 23d Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. 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 661st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 5 December 1949
- Redesignated 661st Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 September 1959
- Redesignated 661st Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 1 July 1974
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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. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997.
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