644th Radar Squadron

644th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 644th Radar Squadron
Active1954-1978
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 644th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Richmond Air Force Station, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 April 1978.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

  • Activated as the 644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 October 1954
Inactivated on 1 October 1957
Redesignated 644th Radar Squadron (SAGE)
Activated 25 April 1960
Redesignated 644th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 1 April 1978

Assignments

Stations

.* Not manned or equipped

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine 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, [2][dead link‍] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)