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The 545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive
United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
unit. It was assigned to the
29th Air Division The 29th Air Division (29th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, being stationed at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 15 November 1969. History ...
, stationed at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952. This command and control organization activated on 1 March 1951, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 29th AD. Components * 679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron :
Great Falls AFB Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom. ...
, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 * 680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 * 681st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Cut Bank AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 *
778th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Havre Air Force Station (site designator P-25, Z-25 after 31 July 1963) is a Formerly Used Defense Site that was used as a Cold War United States general surveillance radar stations, general surveillance radar station. In addition to radar f ...
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Havre AFS Havre Air Force Station (site designator P-25, Z-25 after 31 July 1963) is a Formerly Used Defense Site that was used as a Cold War general surveillance radar station. In addition to radar facilities and a NORAD Control Center the site h ...
, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 *
779th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Opheim Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-26, NORAD ID: Z-26) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west of Opheim, Montana. It was closed in 1979. History In late 1951 Air Defense Command selecte ...
: Opheim AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 * 780th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Fortuna AFS, North Dakota, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952


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List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of a ''aircraft control and warning squadron'' is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, ...


References

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


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{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Aerospace Defense Command units Air control groups of the United States Air Force 1951 establishments in Montana 1952 disestablishments in Montana