The 645th Radar Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the

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, stationed at

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. It was inactivated on 1 April 1976. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Activated 30 April 1948 as the 645th Aircraft Control Squadron : Redesignated 6 December 1949 as the 645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Inactivated on 6 February 1952 * Redesignated 645th Radar Squadron (SAGE)and activated on 28 June 1963 * Organized on 1 November 1962 : Redesignated 645th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974 : Inactivated on 1 April 1976 Assignments *

503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 26th Air Division at Roslyn AFS New York (state), New York. It was inactivated in 1952. ...

, 30 April 1949 – 6 February 1952 *

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, 28 June 1962 *

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, 1 November 1962 *

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, 1 April 1966 *

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, 14 November 1969 *

, 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1976 Stations *

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, New York, 1 April 1948 *

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, Michigan, March 1949 * Roslyn AFS, New York, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952 *

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, Florida, 28 June 1962 – 1 April 1976 Notes * The squadron was programmed for activation in the 1950s at Marathon AS, Ontario, but this action was cancelled. During the 1960s Air Force units that were activated were paper units until they were organized.

References

* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980'

Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980) * Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., ''Searching the Skies'', The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program

US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)

External links

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units