List of United States Air Force Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contents [hide ] • 1 Content • 2 Site codes o 2.1 Sites Within the United States o 2.2 Sites Outside the United States • 3 Squadrons • 4 See also • 5 References • 6 External links Content [edit ] The List of United States Air Force Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons identifies Squadron Emblem or patch Location, Air Force Station (AFS), or Air Station (AS) North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) code or other identification code for the location Any pertinent notes, including dates active and other designations. Site codes [edit ] Sites Within the United States [edit ] • DC-xx Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center/Combat Center. • F-xx Alaskan air defense sites. • H-0x Hawaiian air defense sites. • L-xx Original Air Defense Command (ADC) 1946 "Lashup" Radar Network of temporary sites to provide detection at designated important locations using radar sets left over from World War II . • LP-xx "Lashup" site which was incorporated into the first ADC permanent radar network in 1949. • P-xx Original 75 permanent stations established in 1949. • RP-xx Sites that replaced a permanent 1949 station. • M-xx 1952 Phase I Mobile Radar station. • SM-xx 1955 Phase II Mobile Radar Station. • TM-xx 1959 Phase III Mobile station. • TT-x Texas Towers , radar tower rigs off the East Coast of the United States, named because of their resemblance to oil drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. • Z-xx NORAD designation for sites after 31 July 1963. P, M, SM, and TM stations active after that date retained their numbers, but were designated "Z-xx". Sites Outside the United States [edit ] • C-xx ADC and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) manned sites on the Canadian Pinetree Line . • G-xx Sites in Greenland established by Northeast Air Command (NEAC) reassigned to ADC in 1957. became N Sites , then C Sites , retaining their numbers. • H-xx Air defense sites in Iceland . • J-xx Sites in Japan. (includes main bases) • K-xx Sites in Korea . (includes main bases) [1] • N-xx Pinetree Line sites in Newfoundland . Became C Sites , retaining their numbers. Reassigned from NEAC to ADC in 1957. • R-xx At least two sites in the Southern Pacific. • W-xx sites in Spain. • Y-xx sites in Morocco . Squadrons [edit ] Perm. Squadron Emblem Location Notes ID 1 Dec 1948-31 Jul 1955 Rothwesten AS , Germany 31 Jul 1955-20 Jul 601st Aircraft Control Pforzheim AS , Germany 1956 and Warning Squadron Rothwesten AS , Germany 20 Jul 1956-18 Nov 1960 Was 601st Tac Control Sq, to 601st Tac Control Sq 22 Nov 1948–ca . 1949 ca . 1949-unknown unknown-after Nov 1968 Was 602d Tac Darmstadt AS, Germany Control Sq, to 602d 602d Aircraft Control and Birkenfeld , Germany Tac Control Sq. Warning Squadron Giebelstadt , Germany Became 602 Air Control Sqd in 1991 when it reactivated at Wueschheim Air Station, Germany (former GLCM site) near Hahn Air Base. 1 Dec 1945–1946 603d Aircraft Control and Neustadt-Aisch Airport, To 603d Tac Control Warning Squadron Germany Sq 1 Dec 1948-1 Dec 604th Aircraft Control Freising , Germany 1957 and Warning Squadron Was 604th Tac Control Sq 30 Jan 1946-13 Jan 1947 13 Jan 1947 – Feb 1948 Feb 1948 – Dec Biggs Field , TX 1949 Shaw AFB , SC Dec 1949-27 Aug Pope AFB , NC 1950 Shaw AFB , SC ca . Sep 1950–ca . 3 Pusan AB , South Korea K-1 Oct 1950 606th Aircraft Control Taegu AB , South Korea K-2 ca . 14 Oct 1950–ca . and Warning Squadron Pusan AB, South Korea K-1 16 Dec 1950 Pyongtaek AS , South Korea K-6 ca . 16 Dec 1950 – Kimpo AB , South Korea K-14 Mar 1951 Kangnung Adme , South Korea K-18 Mar 1951 – Jun 1951 Jun 1951 – Oct 1954 Oct 1954-1 Oct 1957 Was 606th Tac Control Sq, to 606th Tac Control Sq Biggs Field , TX 30 Jan 1946-13 Jan Myrtle Beach AFB , SC 1947 607th Aircraft Control Turner AFB , GA K-1 13 Jan 1947-28 Oct and Warning Squadron Pusan AB, South Korea K-14 1947 Kimpo AB , South Korea K-1 28 Oct 1947 – Aug Pusan AB, South Korea K-45 1950 Yoju Airstrip, South Korea K-6 ca . Sep 1950–ca . 3 Pyongtaek AS , South Korea Oct 1950 Malmstrom AFB , MT ca . 10 Oct 1950–ca . 10 Dec 1950 ca . 10 Dec 1950 – Mar 1951 Mar 1951 – Mar 1952 Mar 1952-1 Oct 1957 8 Dec 57-29 Jul 1958 Was 607th Tac Control Sq, to 607th Tac Control Sq 30 Jan 1946-17 Jan 1947 17 Jan 1947-28 Mar 1949 21 Nov 1951 – Nov Biggs AFB , TX 1951 March AFB , CA Nov 1951 – Oct Taegu AB , South Korea K-2 1952 Kangnung Adme , South Korea K-18 Oct 1952 – Dec 608th Aircraft Control Seoul , South Korea K-16 1954 and Warning Squadron Kimpo AB , South Korea K-14 Dec 1954 – Dec Paengyong-do Afld, South Korea K-53 1956 Chinchon-ni, South Korea Dec 1956 – Feb 1957 Feb 1957-1 Oct 1957 Was 608th Acft Control Sq, to 608th Tac Control Sq 29 Aug 1947-28 Mar 1949 8 Dec 1957-15 Jul March AFB , CA 1958 609th Aircraft Control Dobbins AFB , GA 15 Jul 1958-1 Oct TM- and Warning Squadron Eufaula AFS , AL 1959 199 Was 609th Tac Control Sq (inactive), to 609th Radar Sq 15 Jul 1946-15 Jul Itazuke AB , Japan J-13 1948 Saitozako, Japan 15 Jul 1948-20 Oct 610th Aircraft Control Itazuke AB , Japan J-13 1951 and Warning Squadron Seburi Yama AS, Japan 20 Oct 1951-8 Sep Itazuke Air Base , Japan J-13 1956 8 Sep 1956-6 Jan 1958 6 Jan 1958-8 Sep 1960 To 610th Air Control Flt 611th Aircraft Control unknown-8 Sep Mineoka, Japan and Warning Squadron 1960 8 Mar 1957-12 Feb 1958 Kirtland AFB , NM 12 Feb 1958 – Oct 612th Aircraft Control Ajo AFS , AZ TM- 1959 and Warning Squadron Gila Bend AFS, AZ 181 Oct 1959-15 Oct 1961 To 612th Radar Sq 15 Jul 1946–ca . 30 Sep 1946 Johnson AB , Japan J-16 ca . 30 Sep 1946-6 613th Aircraft Control Misawa AB , Japan J-57 Jan 1957 and Warning Squadron Tomari AS, Japan 6 Jan 1957-6 Jan Misawa Air Base , Japan J-57 1958 6 Jan 1958 – 8 Sep 1960 1946-7 Feb 1949 7 Feb 1949-1 Jul 1952 Fort Shafter , HI 1 Jul 1952-24 Dec Hickam AFB , HI 1953 Grenier Field , NH 614th Aircraft Control 24 Dec 1953-15 Dobbins AFB , GA and Warning Squadron May 1956 Andrews AFB , MD M- 15 May 1956-16 Apr Cherry Point MCAS , NC 116 1957 16 Apr 1957-1 Mar 1963 To 614th Radar Sq ca . 1 Aug 1946–ca .1 Feb 1947 Hanawahua, HI 1 Nov 1953–ca . Jan Pruem AS, Germany 1958 Neubruecke Army Installation, 615th Aircraft Control unknown Germany and Warning Squadron by Nov 1960 Birkenfeld AS, Germany to 31 Dec 1969 Boerfink , Germany to 29 Sep 1986 Was 580th Signal Acft Warning Bn 2 Jul 1946 – Aug Fort Shafter , HI 1946 Kahuku Army Airfield, HI Aug 1946-11 Dec Flandern Kaserne, Ulm, 616th Aircraft Control 1948 Germany and Warning Squadron 1 Nov 1953 – Nov Dobraberg , Germany 1960 Wasserkuppe AS, Germany Nov 1960-1 Jul 1974 1 Jul 1974-1 Jan 1979 Was 581st Signal Acft Warning Bn 1946–1947 617th Aircraft Control Fort Shafter , HI 1 Nov 1953 – Dec and Warning Squadron Otis AFB , MA 1954 1 Aug 1946-ca Dec Fort William McKinley , 1946 Philippines 618th Aircraft Control Hanshin Airfield, Japan J-10 ca 1948-ca 1953 and Warning Squadron Itazuke AB , Japan J-13 unknown-1955 Miho AB , Japan J-55 1955-ca 31 Dec 1955 1 Aug 1946-1946 Laoag , Philippines 1946 – Mar 1947 Floridablanca , Philippines Mar 1947 – Mar 619th Aircraft Control Kadena AB , Japan 1948 and Warning Squadron Harmon AFB , Guam Mar 1948-1 Apr 49 To 619th Tac Control Sq 1 Aug 1946–ca . 1 Apr 1947 ca .1 Apr 1947-20 May 1947 Palawan , Philippines 20 May 1947-9 Jun Fort William McKinley , 1947 Philippines 9 Jun 1947-25 Sep Kadena AB , Japan 1947 620th Aircraft Control Nagoya AB , Japan J-16 25 Sep 1947 – Jul and Warning Squadron Johnson AB , Japan J-32 1948 Shiroi AS, Japan J-30 Jul 1948–ca . 3 Jun Niigata , Japan 1949 Sando Shima, Japan ca . 3 Jun 1949–ca . 14 Oct 1954 ca . 14 Oct 1954-3 Feb 1958 To 620th Tac Control Sq 1 Aug 1946-1 Apr 1947 Palawan , Philippines 1 Apr 1947-3 Jun Fort William McKinley , 1947 Philippines Nagoya AB , Japan 3 Jun 1947-25 Sep 621st Aircraft Control Johnson AB , Japan J-16 1947 and Warning Squadron Shiroi AS, Japan J-32 25 Sep 1947-21 Sep Niigata , Japan J-30 1948 Sando Shima, Japan 21 Sep 1948-3 Jun 1949 3 Jun 1949-14 Oct 1954 14 Oct 1954-3 Feb 1958 To 621 Tac Control Sq 15 Mar 1947–1950 622nd Aircraft Control Clark AB , Philippines 1 Sep 1953– Dec and Warning Squadron Otis AFB , MA 1954 1946 – Jul 1956 Jul 1956–1958 Camp Bishigawa, Japan 1958–ca . Dec 1970 Yozaduke AS, Japan 623rd Aircraft Control 31 May 1971-8 Jul Naha AB , Japan and Warning Squadron 1973 Naha AB , Japan Was 305th Ftr Control Sq, to 623d AC&W Flt ca . 15 Aug 1946–ca . Jul 1950 Camp Bishigawa, Japan ca .Jul 1950–ca . Sep 624th Aircraft Control Kadena AB , Japan 1950 and Warning Squadron Naha AB , Japan ca .