The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at

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, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952. This command and control organization was responsible for Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) stations along the West Coast. On 27 April 1950, the reserve 566th AC&WG was activated as a Corollary unit at Hamilton, sharing the 542d's equipment and facilities. The 566th was called to active duty on 10 May 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 542d. It was dissolved after about three years, with the units being assigned directly to its parent Air Division.

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* Established as 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group : Activated on 8 December 1949 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952 : Disbanded on 21 September 1984 Assignments * 28th Air Division, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952 Stations * Hamilton AFB, California, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952 Components *

666th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Ground Equipment Facility J-33 is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radar station of the Joint Surveillance System's Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) with an Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR-4). The facility was previously a USAF ...

: Mount Tamalpais, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952 *

667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Forces Iceland, stationed at Hofn Air Station, Iceland. It was inactivated on 30 September 1988. From 1951-1988, the un ...

: Hamilton AFB, California, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952 *

668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Mather Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on ...

: Mather AFB, California, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952 *

669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 669th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 27th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lompoc Air Force Station, California. It was discontinued on 18 June 1968. The unit was ...

: Fort MacArthur, California, 5 May 1950 – 27 November 1950 * 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Camp Cooke, California, 5 May 1950 – 27 November 1950 * 774th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Madera AFS, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952 * 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Cambria AFS, California, 7 March 1951 – 6 February 1952 *

776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 6 September 199 ...

: Point Arena AFS, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952 * 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Klamath AFS, California, 18 December 1950 – 6 February 1952

References

* * Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126 * *

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