The 671st Radar Squadron is an inactive
United States Air Force
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unit. It was last assigned to the
20th Air Division
The 20th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida where it was inactivated on 1 March 1983.
During most of the division's history it ...
,
Aerospace Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was establishe ...
, stationed at
Naval Air Station Key West
Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25
NAS Key West is an ai ...
, Florida. It was last active in 1980.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
; 671st Radar Squadron
* Constituted as the 671st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and activated
: Organized on 1 June 1962
: Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 June 1965
: Redesignated 671st Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
[Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson, p. 159.]
: Inactivated 30 June 1980
Assignments
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Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...
(not organized)
*
Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 June 1962
*
32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
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33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
* 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 30 June 1980
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Stations
* ]Naval Air Station Key West
Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25
NAS Key West is an ai ...
, Florida, 1 June 1962 – 30 June 1980[
]
References
Notes
; Explanatory notes
; Citations
Bibliography
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US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
; Further reading
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
Aerospace Defense Command units