The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
unit. It was last assigned to the
Phoenix Air Defense Sector
The Phoenix Air Defense Sector (PhADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 28th Air Division, being stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 Apri ...
,
Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...
, stationed at
Yuma Air Force Station, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
* Constituted as the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
: Activated on 8 August 1955
: Redesignated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962
: Redesignation retroactively revoked
[Air Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962]
: Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963
Assignments
*
27th Air Division
The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Bas ...
, 8 August 1955
*
Los Angeles Air Defense Sector
The Southwest Air Defense Sector (SWADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the First Air Force, being stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on December 31, 1994.
...
, 1 October 1959
* Phoenix Air Defense Sector, 1 May 1961 – 1 August 1963
Stations
* Yuma County Airport, Arizona, 8 August 1955
: Base redesignated
Vincent AFB, 1 September 1956
: Station redesignated Yuma AFS, 20 July 1962 – 1 August 1963
References
* 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).
* Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., ''Searching the Skies'', The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program
US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
External links
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
Aerospace Defense Command units