920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
	Emblem of the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1951-1961
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Goose Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Resolution Island Air Station, Northern Territories, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 November 1961.

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

Lineage

Constituted 15 October 1951 as the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 1 November 1951

Inactivated on 1 November 1961

Assignments

152d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (NEAC), 1 November 1951
64th Air Division (NEAC), 19 January 1952
4733d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957
4732d Air Defense Group, 1 May 1958
Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 – 1 November 1961

Stations

Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1 November 1951
McAndrew AFB, Newfoundland, Canada, 19 January 1952
Resolution Island AS, Northern Territories, Canada ca. 30 June 1953 - 1 November 1961

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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