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614th Radar Squadron

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614th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 614th Radar Squadron
Active1952-1963
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 614th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Washington Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North Carolina.[1] It was discontinued on 1 August 1963.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage[1]

  • Constituted as the 614th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1946
Activated on or about 1 August 1946
  • Redesignated: 614th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1963
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963

Assignments[1]

Stations[1]

.* Unit not manned or equipped

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson, p. 154

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  • Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.[dead link]
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