614th Radar Squadron

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614th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 614th Radar Squadron
Active1952-1963
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 614th Radar Squadron is an inactive

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North Carolina.[1]
It was discontinued on 1 August 1963.

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

Lineage[1]

  • Constituted as the 614th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1946
Activated on or about 1 August 1946
  • Redesignated: 614th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1963
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963

Assignments[1]

  • 526th Aircraft Control & Warning Group, on or about 1 August 1946
  • Pacific Air Command
    , on or about 1 December 1948
  • 1500 Air Base Group, 1 Jun 1949
  • Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 July 1952
  • 32d Air Division
    , 1 December 1952
  • 4704th Defense Wing, 16 February 1953
  • 35th Air Division, 24 December 1953
  • 85th Air Division, 1 July 1956
  • 35th Air Division, 1 September 1958
  • 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
  • Washington Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961

Stations[1]

  • Fort Shafter, Hawaii circa 1 August 1946
  • Hickam AFB
    , Hawaii Territory, 7 February 1949
  • Grenier AFB*, New Hampshire, 1 July 1952
  • Dobbins AFB
    *, Georgia, 24 December 1953
  • Andrews AFB
    *, Maryland, 1 July 1956
  • Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
    , 1 July 1957 – 1 August 1963

.* Unit not manned or equipped

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson, p. 154

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  • Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. ]