660th Radar Squadron

660th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 660th Radar Squadron
Active	1949-1952, 1953-1980
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 660th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th NORAD Region (ADTAC), Tactical Air Command, stationed at MacDill AFB, Florida. It was inactivated on 15 November 1980.

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

Lineage

• Activated as 660th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 5 December 1949

Inactivated 6 February 1952

• Activated 18 June 1953

Redesignated 660th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1961

Redesignated 660th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 15 November 1980

Assignments

• 541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 5 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
• 35th Air Division, 18 June 1953
• 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
• Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 November 1959
• 32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 15 November 1980

Stations

• Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 5 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
• Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 18 June 1953
• MacDill AFB, Florida, 1 August 1954 – 15 November 1980

References

 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).
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2]^{[dead link]} US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
• Information for MacDill AFB, FL^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

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