777th Radar Squadron
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777th Radar Squadron | |
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Active | 1951-1981;1988-1991 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | General Radar Surveillance |
The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive
Northwest Air Defense Sector, Tactical Air Command, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base
, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991.
From 1951-1981, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter (OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 18 December 1950
- Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 July 1960
- Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 30 September 1980
- Activated on 1 October 1988
- Inactivated on 15 September 1991[1]
Assignments
- 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 18 December 1950
- 28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 25th Air Division, 1 March 1959
- Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960
- 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 25th Air Division, 15 September 1969 - 30 September 1980
- Northwest Air Defense Sector 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991
Stations
- Klamath AFS, California, 18 December 1950 - 30 September 1981
- Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991 (HQ Site)
- Christmas Valley AFS, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site)
- Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 August 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 July 1991
- 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).
- Mountain Home AFB[permanent dead link]
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