- Source: 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
The 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Barrington Air Force Station, Nova Scotia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1962.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.
Lineage
Established as 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 28 March 1949
Inactivated on 8 December 1949
Activated on 1 December 1956
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 June 1962
Assignments
503d Aircraft Warning and Control Group, 28 March 1949 - 8 December 1949
32d Air Division, 1 December 1956
Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958
Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962
Stations
Mitchel AFB, New York, 28 March 1949
Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 April 1949
Arlington, Virginia, 10 June 1949
Gravelly Point, Virginia, 28 July 1949 - 8 December 1949
Syracuse AFS, New York, 1 December 1956
Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 June 1957 – 1 June 1962
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine 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).