The 858th Radar Squadron is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air 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 of the United States Army Signal ...

unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division,

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 Fallon Air Force Station (

Naval Air Station Fallon Naval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility. It is located southeast of the city of Fallon, east of Reno in western Nevada. Since 1996, it has been home to the U.S. Na ...

), Nevada. It was inactivated on 30 June 1975. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. Lineage * Established as the 858th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 8 October 1955 : Redesignated 858th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 December 1962 : Inactivated on 1 March 1970 : Redesignated 858th Radar Squadron on 1 January 1974 : Activated on 17 January 1974 : Inactivated on 30 June 1975 Assignments * 28th Air Division, 8 October 1955 *

San Francisco Air Defense Sector The San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. The sector was established in February 19 ...

, 1 July 1960 *

Reno Air Defense Sector The Reno Air Defense Sector (ReADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada. History ReADS was established in February 1959 assumi ...

, 15 September 1960 * 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966 * 27th Air Division, 15 September 1969 * 26th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 1 March 1970 * 26th Air Division, 17 January 1974 - 30 June 1975 Stations *

Hamilton AFB Hamilton Field (Hamilton AFB) was a United States Air Force base, which was inactivated in 1973, decommissioned in 1974, and put into a caretaker status with the Air Force Reserves until 1976. It was transferred to the United States Army in 1983 ...

, California, 8 October 1955 * Fallon AFS (NAS Fallon), Nevada, 1 January 1956 - 1 March 1970 * Fallon AFS (NAS Fallon), Nevada, 17 January 1974 - 30 June 1975

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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