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671st Radar Squadron

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671st Radar Squadron
Active1962–1980
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleGeneral Radar Surveillance
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
671st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron emblem[note 1]

The 671st Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. It was last active in 1980.

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

Lineage

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671st Radar Squadron
  • Constituted as the 671st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and activated
Organized on 1 June 1962
Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 June 1965
Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974[2]
Inactivated 30 June 1980

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Notes

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Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Approved 16 February 1963.
Citations
  1. ^ AF Pamphlet 900-2, p. 447 AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol. 2, p. 87
  2. ^ a b c Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson, p. 159.

Bibliography

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  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W. (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • "AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits" (PDF). Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force. 15 June 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  • "AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II" (PDF). Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force. 30 September 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  • [1][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
Further reading