- Source: 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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.
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 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).