The 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbanded

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unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division,

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, stationed at

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, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 10 February 1952.

History

The unit was a command and control organization of general surveillance radar squadrons providing for the air defense of the United States. The unit was inactivated due to an ADC reorganization, and its assigned radar squadrons were transferred to various air divisions.

Lineage

* Established as the 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group : Activated on 8 October 1950 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952 : Disbanded on 21 September 1984

Assignments

* 31st Air Division, 8 October 1950 * Central Air Defense Force, 1 January 1951 * 31st Air Division (Defense), 10 July 1951

Stations

, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952

Subordinate units

* 132d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Federalized Minnesota ANG) : Leaf River, Minnesota, 4 June 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 138th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Federalized Colorado ANG) : Rapid City AFB, South Dakota, July 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 673d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron :

, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952 * 674th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Osceola AFS, Wisconsin, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952 * 676th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Antigo AFS, Wisconsin, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Finland AFS, Minnesota, December 1950 – 6 February 1952 *

785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Finley Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-northwest of Finley, North Dakota. It was closed in 1979 by the Air Force, and turned over to the Federal Aviation Adminis ...

, : Finley AFS, North Dakota, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Minot AFS, North Dakota, 20 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Chandler AFS, Minnesota, 27 June 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 788th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Waverly AFS, Iowa, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 789th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Omaha AFS, Nebraska, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 790th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Kirksville AFS, Missouri, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 791st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Hanna City AFS, Illinois, 10 May – 1 July 1951

References

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

External links

{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=autocollapse Air control groups of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units 1950 establishments in Minnesota 1952 disestablishments in Minnesota