The 4604th Support Squadron (Texas Towers) is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division,

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, stationed at

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, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 1 July 1963. The mission of the squadron was to provide logistical support to the

Texas Tower The Texas Towers were a set of three radar facilities off the eastern seaboard of the United States which were used for surveillance by the United States Air Force during the Cold War. Modeled on the offshore oil drilling platforms first employe ...

radar stations located offshore in the

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. The squadron was activated as the 4604th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 8 October 1956 by the 26th AD at Otis AFB. It was re-designated as the 4604th Support Squadron (Texas Towers) on 1 December 1956. The squadron operated helicopters for personnel transport to and from the towers and Otis Air Force Base. It also coordinated with the Military Sea Transport Service the use of the and two smaller vessels for carrying cargo such as fuel oil, aviation gasoline, food and other material. It also was capable of transporting up to 76 personnel when necessary to and from the port of

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. With the end of the Texas Tower project, the squadron was discontinued on 1 July 1963.

References

* 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 * Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.

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