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, last stationed at

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. It was assigned to the

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and was inactivated in 1994. The wing was activated on 21 June 1948 as the 531st Air Control and Warning Group at

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, part of the

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. The 626th and 632d Air Control and Warning Squadrons were assigned to the group. Around 25 October 1948, it became part of the

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. On 15 July 1949, the group transferred to

, where it had remained ever since. The 625th Air Control and Warning Squadron became part of the group on the same day. The group became part of

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three days before. On 1 June 1950, the group was inactivated. The group was activated again on 17 November 1950 with the

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, less the 632d Squadron. It became part of Alaskan Air Command again on 20 July 1951, but was transferred back to the 10th Air Division on 1 November 1952. On 8 December of that year, the 705th, 717th, 719th, 794th, and 795th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons joined the group. The group was inactivated on 15 April 1953. The group was reactivated on 15 November 1977 with the

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, and included the 705th, 708th, 710th, 711th, 714th, 717th, 719th, 743d, 744th, 748th, 794th, and 795th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons. On 30 September 1979, the group became part of Alaskan Air Command, which became the Eleventh Air Force in 1990. It was redesignated the 11th Tactical Control Group on 1 July 1981. The

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(ASOS) became part of the group on the same day. On 1 November 1983, the group's aircraft control and warning squadrons were inactivated. On 6 January 1989, the group became the 11th Tactical Control Wing. The 3rd ASOS was transferred on 1 January 1992. On 27 January 1992, it became the 11th Air Control Wing. The wing was inactivated 1 July 1994. It was replaced by two groups subordinate to the Eleventh Air Force "..the 611th Air Operations Group and 611th Air Logistics Group, later changed to the

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Lineage

* Constituted as the 531st Aircraft Control and Warning Group : Activated on 21 June 1948 : Inactivated on 1 January 1950 * Activated on 17 November 1950 : Inactivated on 15 April 1953 * Activated on 15 November 1977 : Redesignated 11th Tactical Control Group on 1 July 1981 : Redesignated 11th Tactical Control Wing on 6 January 1991 : Redesignated 11th Air Control Wing on 27 January 1992 : Inactivated on 1 July 1994

Assignments

: 21 June 1948 *

: c. 25 October 1948 * Alaskan Air Command: 12 July 1949 – 1 January 1950 *

: 17 November 1950 * Alaskan Air Command: 20 July 1951 * 10th Air Division: 1 November 1952 – 13 April 1953 *

: 15 November 1977 * Alaskan Air Command (later Eleventh Air Force): 30 September 1979 – 1 July 1994

Stations

, Washington, 21 June 1948 *

, Alaska, 15 July 1949 – 1 January 1950 * Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 17 November 1950 – 13 April 1953 * Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 15 November 1977 – 1 July 1994

Components

* 625th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (later 625th Aircraft Control Squadron), 15 July 1949 – 1 January 1950, 1 November 1950 – 13 April 1953 * 626th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 21 June 1948 – 21 June 1948, c. 30 June 1948 – 1 May 1949, 17 November 1950 – 13 April 1953 ::

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* 632d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 21 June 1948 – 1 January 1950 * 705th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 December 1952 – 13 April 1953, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

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* 708th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 :: Indian Mountain Air Force Station * 710th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 * 711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

Cape Lisburne Air Force Station Cape Lisburne Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-07, LRR ID: A-19, DEW ID: LIZ-1) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of Point Barrow, Alaska. The radar surveillance station was closed ...

* 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

Cold Bay Air Force Station Cold Bay Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-26, LRR ID: A-08, DEW ID: COB-MAIN) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The ground control intercept (GCI) station F-26 w ...

* 717th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 December 1952 – 13 April 1953, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

Tatalina Air Force Station Tatalina Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-10, LRR ID: A-05) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of McGrath, Alaska. The ground control intercept (GCI) station was closed on 1 Novemb ...

* 719th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 December 1952 – 13 April 1953, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 :: Sparrevohn Air Force Station * 743d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

Campion Air Force Station Campion Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-08) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east-southeast of Galena, Alaska. The Aircraft Control and Warning station was closed on 1 November 1983, and the si ...

* 744th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 ::

Murphy Dome Air Force Station Murphy Dome Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-02, LRR ID: A-02) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station west-northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. The control center station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was re-designat ...

* 748th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 :: Kotzebue Air Force Station * 794th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 December 1952 – 13 April 1953, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 :: Cape Newenham Air Force Station * 795th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 December 1952 – 13 April 1953, 15 November 1977 – 1 November 1983 :: Cape Romanzof Air Force Station

References

{{reflist Air control wings of the United States Air Force Military units and formations established in 1992