755th Radar Squadron
755th Radar Squadron |
Emblem of the 755th Radar Squadron |
Active |
1951-1969 |
Country |
United States |
Branch |
United States Air Force |
Type |
General Radar Surveillance |
The 755th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 34th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Arlington Heights Air Force Station, Illinois. It was inactivated on 30 September 1969.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 755th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950
- Activated on 27 November 1950
- Redesignated 755th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 October 1960
- Inactivated on 30 September 1969
Assignments
Stations
- Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1 January 1951
- Site redesignated Williams Bay AFS, Wisconsin, 1 December 1953
References
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United States Air Force portal |
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Military of the United States portal |
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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