The 820th 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
Boston Air Defense Sector, stationed at the
Fort Heath radar station
The Fort Heath radar station was a USAF radar site and US Army Missile Master installation of the joint-use site system (JUSS) for North American Air Defense at a former coastal defense site. The Cold War radar station had 2 USAF AN/FPS-6B ...
, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 1 December 1962.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar Squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. It is unique in that it is the only unit originally activated as a Radar Squadron that was redesignated as an Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron
[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), p.102] An earlier 820th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron had been programmed for activation at
Robins AFB
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, south-southeast of Macon and approximately south-southeast ...
, GA, but that action was cancelled.
Lineage
* Constituted as the 820th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 28 August 1959
: Activated on 18 October 1959
: Redesignated 820th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 1 December 1961
: Discontinued and inactivated on 1 December 1962
Assignments
* Boston Air Defense Sector, 18 October 1959 – 1 December 1962
Stations
* Fort Heath, Massachusetts, 18 October 1959 – 1 December 1962
See also
*
Fort Heath
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).
Information for Fort Heath, Winthrop, MA
External links
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Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force
Aerospace Defense Command units
Military units and formations in Massachusetts
Military units and formations established in 1959