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702d Radar Squadron
The 702d Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Savannah Air Force Station, Georgia. It was inactivated on 5 June 1979. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Established as the 702d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron * Activated on 1 December 1953 * Redesignated 702d Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 February 1962 * Redesignated 702d Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974 * Inactivated on 5 June 1979 Assignments * 35th Air Division, 1 December 1953 * 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958 * Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961 * 32d Air Division, 1 April 1966 * 33d Air Division, 14 November 1969 * 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 5 June 1979 Stations * Dobbins AFB, Georgia, 1 December 1953 * Hunter AFB Hunter Army Airfield , located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The United States Air Force is a military service branch organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force through the Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Air Division
The 20th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida where it was inactivated on 1 March 1983. During most of the division's history it served with Air Defense Command as a regional command and control headquarters. Between 1955 and 1967 the division controlled air defense units in the central United States. It controlled a slightly different Area of responsibility, areas of the midwestern US from 1955 to 1960 and again from 1966 to 1967. Its area of responsibility shifted to the east coast if the United States from 1969 to 1983. It was shifted to its final station on paper in 1983 and was immediately inactivated. History The 20th Air Division was assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence. It served as a regional command and control headquarters, controlling interceptor aircraft, fighter interceptor and radar units over several area of responsibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
