688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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| 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Active | 1953-1968 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive
Amarillo Air Force Base
, Texas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Activated as 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 1 October 1953
- Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968
Assignments
- 25th Air Division, 1 October 1953
- 33d Air Division, 26 December 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 1963
- 31st Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 8 September 1968
Stations
- Geiger Field, Washington, 1 October 1953
- Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 26 December 1953
- Amarillo AFB, Texas, 1 October 1954 – 8 September 1968
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][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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