The 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbanded

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unit. It was last assigned to the

31st Air Division The 31st Air Division (31st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to Tenth Air Force, being stationed at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa. It was inactivated on 31 ...

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, stationed at Fort Snelling, 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 The Central Air Defense Force (CADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960. History ...

, 1 January 1951 * 31st Air Division (Defense), 10 July 1951

Stations

* Fort Snelling, 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 : Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952 *

674th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Osceola Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-35, NORAD ID: Z-35) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southeast of Osceola, Wisconsin. It was closed in 1975. History In late 1950 Air Defens ...

: Osceola AFS, Wisconsin, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952 *

676th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Antigo Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Antigo, Wisconsin. It was closed in 1977 and is currently classified as a high risk toxic waste site involving ...

Antigo AFS Antigo Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Antigo, Wisconsin. It was closed in 1977 and is currently classified as a high risk toxic waste site involving ...

, Wisconsin, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron :

Finland AFS Finland Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north of Finland, Minnesota. It was closed in 1980. In 1950 Air Defense Command selected Finland, Minnesota site as one of twenty ...

, Minnesota, December 1950 – 6 February 1952 * 785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, :

Finley AFS 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 Administ ...

, North Dakota, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952 *

786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Minot Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-28 NORAD ID: Z-28) ermanent Installation Number (PIN): 1445; Installation Location Code (ILC): QJVM is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south of Minot, N ...

: Minot AFS, North Dakota, 20 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 *

787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Chandler Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is south of Chandler, Minnesota, on the Buffalo Ridge in section 13 of Moulton Township, Murray County. It was closed in 1969. History I ...

: 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 Kirksville Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-64, NORAD ID: Z-64) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north of Kirksville, Missouri. It was closed by the Air Force in 1968. Today the radar site ...

, Missouri, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * 791st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron :

Hanna City AFS Hanna City Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-63, NORAD ID: Z-63) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-northwest of Hanna City, Illinois. It was closed in 1968. It is still in use by the Fede ...

, 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