917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Puntzi Mountain Air Force Station, British Columbia. It was inactivated on 1 February 1963.

917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1952-1963
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

  • Activated as 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 16 April 1952
Discontinued, 1 February 1963

Assignments

Stations

  • Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
  • Puntzi Mountain AS, British Columbia, 8 November 1952 – 1 February 1963

References

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

    • 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
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