The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the

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, stationed at Puntzi Mountain Air Force Station, British Columbia. It was inactivated on 1 February 1963. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. Lineage * Activated as 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 16 April 1952 : Discontinued, 1 February 1963 Assignments *

Western Air Defense Force The Western Air Defense Force (WADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960. History WA ...

, 16 April 1952 *

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, 1 January 1953 *

, 1 March 1960 – 1 February 1963 Stations *

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, Washington, 16 April 1952 * Puntzi Mountain AS, British Columbia, 8 November 1952 – 1 February 1963

References

* A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

External links

{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units