639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
	Emblem of the 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1952-1963
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General radar surveillance

The 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Lowther Air Station, Ontario, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 July 1963.

The unit was a general surveillance radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Activated as 639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 December 1956

Inactivated on 1 July 1963

Assignments

37th Air Division, 1 December 1956
30th Air Division, 1 April 1959
Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 – 1 July 1963

Stations

Truax Field, Wisconsin, 1 December 1956
Lowther Air Station, 1 July 1957 – 1 July 1963

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)

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