The 801st Radar 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
28th Air Division,
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
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
* Constituted as the 801st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 6 July 1955
: Activated on 8 October 1955
: Redesignated 801st Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1961
: Inactivated on 31 December 1969
: Activated on 30 June 1971
: Inactivated on 1 July 1974
Assignments
*
29th Air Division, 1 February 1956
*
Great Falls Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960
* 28th Air Division, 1 April 1966 - 31 December 1969
* 28th Air Division, 30 June 1971 - 1 July 1974
Stations
* Malmstrom AFB, MT, 1 February 1956 - 31 December 1969
* Malmstrom AFB, MT, 30 June 1971 - 1 July 1974
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
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
Aerospace Defense Command units