683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1953-1969
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Sweetwater Air Force Station, Texas. It was inactivated on 30 September 1969.

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

Contents 1 Lineage 2 Assignments 3 Stations 4 References 5 External links

Lineage

• Established as 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 1 December 1953

Inactivated on 30 September 1969

Assignments

• 4702d Defense Wing, 1 December 1953
• 33d Air Division, 1 January 1954
• Albuquerque Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
• Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 15 September 1960
• 4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961
• Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June 1963
• 31st Air Division, 1 April 1966 - 30 September 1969

Stations

• Geiger Field, Washington, 1 December 1953
• Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1 January 1954
• Sweetwater AFS, Texas, 1 March 1956 - 30 September 1969

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. & 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).

External links

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