The 669th Radar Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the

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, stationed at

Lompoc Air Force Station Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station (ADC ID: RP-15, NORAD ID: Z-15) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Lompoc, California. It was closed in 1968 by the Air Force, and turned ...

, California. It was discontinued on 18 June 1968. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

* Established as 669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 5 May 1950 : Redesignated 669th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 April 1963 : Discontinued and inactivated on 18 June 1968 Assignments *

542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952. This command and con ...

, 5 May 1950 * 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950 (attached to 27th Air Division) * 27th Air Division, 6 February 1952 *

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, 1 October 1959 * 27th Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968 Stations *

Fort MacArthur Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex ...

, California, 5 May 1950 *

Santa Rosa Island AFS Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station ( ADC ID: P-15) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located southwest of the Santa Rosa Island dock, California. It was closed in 1963. History Santa Rosa Island ...

, California, 11 February 1952 *

Lompoc AFS Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station (ADC ID: RP-15, NORAD ID: Z-15) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Lompoc, California. It was closed in 1968 by the Air Force, and turned ...

, California, 1 April 1963 - 18 June 1968

References

* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980''

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

US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).

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{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units Military units and formations established in 1949