The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive
United States Air Force
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unit. It was last assigned to the
Northwest Air Defense Sector
The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington.
As a state militia unit, the Western Air Defense Sector is not in the normal United States Air Force ch ...
,
Tactical Air Command
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, stationed at
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate ...
, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991.
From 1951-1981, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter (OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.
Lineage
* Constituted as the 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
: Activated on 18 December 1950
: Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 July 1960
: Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
: Inactivated on 30 September 1980
: Activated on 1 October 1988
: Inactivated on 15 September 1991
[Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 August 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 July 1991]
Assignments
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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 ...
, 18 December 1950
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28th Air Division
The 28th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Tactical Air Command at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 29 May 1992.
History
Established in December 1 ...
, 6 February 1952
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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 March 1959
*
Portland Air Defense Sector
The Portland Air Defense Sector (PADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division, being stationed at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon. It was inactivated on 1 July 1969.
History
P ...
, 1 March 1960
*
26th Air Division
The 26th Air Division (26th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Tactical Air Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inacti ...
, 1 April 1966
* 25th Air Division, 15 September 1969 - 30 September 1980
* Northwest Air Defense Sector 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991
Stations
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Klamath AFS
Klamath Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-33, NORAD ID: Z-33) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located northwest of Klamath, California. It was closed in 1981.
History
Klamath Air Force Station was one ...
, California, 18 December 1950 - 30 September 1981
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Mountain Home AFB
Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate ...
, Idaho, 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991 (HQ Site)
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Christmas Valley AFS
Christmas Valley Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force radar station. It is located about 16 miles east of the community of Christmas Valley, Oregon. It was closed in 1997.
History
Development of Christmas Valley AFS can be tra ...
, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site)
:
Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)
See also
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Over-the-horizon radar
Over-the-horizon radar (OTH), sometimes called beyond the horizon radar (BTH), is a type of radar system with the ability to detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometres, beyond the radar horizon, which is ...
*
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).
Mountain Home AFB
External links
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
Aerospace Defense Command units