The 755th Radar Squadron is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, 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 ...

unit. It was last assigned to the

34th Air Division The 34th Air Division (34th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969. History Assigned to Air De ...

Aerospace Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly ina ...

, stationed at

Arlington Heights Air Force Station Arlington Heights Air Force Station was a List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations, USAF general surveillance radar station south-southwest of Arlington Heights, Illinois. It was active from 1960 to 1969. Arlin ...

, Illinois. It was inactivated on 30 September 1969. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 755th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950 : Activated on 27 November 1950 : Redesignated 755th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 October 1960 : Inactivated on 30 September 1969

Assignments

541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952 and disbanded ...

, 27 November 1950 *

30th Air Division The 30th Air Division (30th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to Tenth Air Force, being stationed at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa. It was inactivated on ...

, 6 February 1952 *

4706th Defense Wing The 4706th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the 37th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at O'Hare International Airport (IAP), Illinois where it was discontinued i ...

, 16 February 1953 *

37th Air Division The 37th Air Division (37th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada It was inactivated on 30 June 1970. History Strategic Air Command Es ...

, 8 July 1956 *

Chicago Air Defense Sector The Chicago Air Defense Sector (CADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command (ADC) 30th Air Division at Truax Field Wisconsin. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966. History CADS w ...

, 1 June 1959 *

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 ...

, 1 April 1966 * 30th Air Division, 1 December 1967 * 34th Air Division, 1 July 1968 – 30 September 1969

Stations

* Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1 January 1951 : Site redesignated Williams Bay AFS, Wisconsin, 1 December 1953 * Arlington Heights AFS, Illinois, 1 April 1960 - 30 September 1969

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

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