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918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1952-1963
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 March 1963.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

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  • Constituted as 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 16 April 1952
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 March 1963

Assignments

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Stations

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  • Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
  • Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada, 1 June 1953 - 1 March 1963

References

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

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
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