670th Radar Squadron

670th Radar Squadron 1961-1974 Feb 1: 670th Radar Squadron (SAGE) 1950-1961 Apr 1:[1] 670th AC&W Squadron
Emblem of the 670th Radar Squadron
Active	1950 May 5-1976 April 1[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 670th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, operating San Pedro Hill Air Force Station radars while posted at Fort MacArthur, California. It was inactivated on 1 April 1976.

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

Lineage

Assignments

• 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 5 May 1950
• 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950
• 27th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
• 27th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 26th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 1 April 1976

Stations

• Camp Cooke, California, 5 May 1950
• San Clemente Island AFS, California, 1 February 1952
• Fort MacArthur, California, April 1961[1]-1 April 1976

References

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

1. compiled by Johnson, Mildred W. (31 December 1980) [February 1973: Cornett, Lloyd H. Jr]. A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2012. 670th Radar Sq (SAGE):…redesignated to 670th Radar Sq (SAGE) (from AC&W Sq) 1 Apr 61; moved to Ft. MacArthur AI, CA in Apr 61

• Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, [1] Office of Air Force History, Washington DC (1989) ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
• 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).