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544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active 1950-1952 Country United States Branch
United States Air Force Type Command and Control
Military unit
The 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive
United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the
27th Air Division , and last stationed at
Norton Air Force Base , California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.
This command and control organization was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 27th AD.
Lineage
Established as the 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Activated on 8 October 1950
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Disbanded on 21 September 1984
Stations
Components
Fort MacArthur , California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952
Camp Cooke , California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952
Norton AFB, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952
Atolia, California , 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952
Mount Laguna AFS , California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952
See also
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980).
A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF) . Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2011 .
Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997).
Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program . Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.
LCCN
97020912 . [
dead link ]
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