678th Air Defense Group
The 678th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 20th Air Division, being stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 Mar 1983.
History
Replaced the 678th Radar Squadron (SAGE) (formerly 678th Aircraft Warning & Control Squadron) at Tyndall AFB in 1970.[1] Performed Air Defense mission command and control, 1970–1983. Component of ADC/TAC Air Defense Weapons Center (1974–1981)
Lineage
- Constituted as 678th Air Defense Group on 13 February 1970
- Activated on 1 March 1970
- Inactivated on 1 March 1983
- Disbanded on 27 September 1984
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Stations
- Tyndall AFB, Florida, 1 March 1970 – 1 March 1983
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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, 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO. p.85
- 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).
- Information on 678th Air Defense Group Radar Sites
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