- Source: 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
The 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
Established as the 686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 October 1953
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963
Assignments
34th Air Division, 1 October 1953
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-1 August 1963
Stations
Walker AFB, New Mexico, 1 October 1953 – 1 August 1963
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).