677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1953-1957
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive

Alpena Air Force Station
, Michigan. It was inactivated on 30 November 1957.

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

Lineage

  • Established as 677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 September 1953
Inactivated on 30 November 1957

Assignments

  • 4711th Defense Wing
    , 1 September 1953
  • 4708th Defense Wing
    , 5 May 1954
  • 30th Air Division, 8 July 1956 – 30 November 1957

Stations

  • Fort Williams, Maine, 1 September 1953
  • Willow Run AFS
    , Michigan, 1 April 1954 (not manned or equipped)
  • Alpena AFS
    , Michigan, 1 December 1954 – 30 November 1957

References

Public Domain 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 2006-11-23 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][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).