The 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division,

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, stationed at

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, Texas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

* Activated as 688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 October 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968

Assignments

25th Air Division The 25th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). It was inactivated on 30 September 1990 at McChord Air ...

, 1 October 1953 * 33d Air Division, 26 December 1953 *

Albuquerque Air Defense Sector The Albuquerque Air Defense Sector (AADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was briefly active between 1 January and 1 November 1960, assigned to the 33d Air Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The sector was ...

, 1 January 1960 *

Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector The Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector (OCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command's 29th Air Division at Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma. History Oklahoma City A ...

, 15 September 1960 * 4752d Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1961 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 25 June 1963 * 31st Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 8 September 1968

Stations

Geiger Field Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport located approximately west-southwest of downtown Spokane, Washington, United States. It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and includes areas ...

, Washington, 1 October 1953 *

Tinker AFB Tinker Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City. The base, originally ...

, Oklahoma, 26 December 1953 * Amarillo AFB, Texas, 1 October 1954 – 8 September 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).

External links

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units Military units and formations established in 1953