745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1952–1963
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive

Air Defense Command, stationed at Perrin Air Force Station, Texas
. It was discontinued on 30 September 1969.

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

Lineage

  • 745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated 1 February 1953
Inactivated on 30 September 1969

Assignments

Stations

  • Duncanville AFS
    , Texas, 1 February 1953
  • Perrin AFS
    , Texas, 1 July 1964 – 30 September 1969
Plaque noting the 745th, on the missile monument at Duncanville library, on the grounds of the former radar base.

References

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

  • A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  • Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.

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