The 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
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 unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of Iceland and the North Atlantic.
Lineage
* Established as 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
: Activated on 8 December 1949
: Inactivated on 6 February 1952
* Reactivated on 1 July 1952
: Inactivated on 30 September 1988
Assignments
*
542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.
This command and c ...
, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
*
65th Air Division (Defense), 1 July 1952
*
Iceland Air Defense Force, 8 Mar 1954
* 1400th Operations Group, 18 Dec 1955
*
Air Forces Iceland, 1 July 1960 - 30 September 1988
Stations
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Hamilton AFB
Hamilton Field (Hamilton AFB) was a United States Air Force base, which was inactivated in 1973, decommissioned in 1974, and put into a caretaker status with the Air Force Reserve Command, Air Force Reserve until 1976. It was transferred to the ...
, California, 1 January 1951 - 6 February 1952
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Langanes Air Station, Iceland, 1 July 1952
*
Hofn Air Station, Iceland, 1 July 1960 - 30 September 1988
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).
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force