670th Radar Squadron

The 670th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at San Pedro Hill Air Force Station, (Fort MacArthur) California. It was inactivated on 1 April 1976.

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

Lineage

• Established as 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 5 May 1950

Redesignated as 670th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 April 1969

Redesignated as 670th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 1 April 1976

Assignments

• 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 5 May 1950
• 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950
• 27th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
• 27th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 26th Air Division, 19 November 1969-1 April 1976

Stations

• Camp Cooke, California, 5 May 1950
• San Clemente Island AFS, California, 1 February 1952
• San Pedro Hill AFS, California, 1 April 1961-1 April 1976

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).
• Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, [2] Office of Air Force History, Washington DC (1989) ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [3] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).

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