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741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1953-1969
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969.

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

Lineage

  • Activated as 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 February 1953
Inactivated on 1 December 1969

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References

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

  • 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
  • Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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