776th Radar Squadron

776th Radar Squadron
over-the-horizon radar coverage
Active1951–1980; 1985–1991
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleRadar Surveillance
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
776th Radar Squadron emblem[note 1]

The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 6 September 1991.

From 1951 to 1980, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1985 to 1991, it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter(OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950
Activated on 27 November 1950
Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 January 1961
Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 30 September 1980[2]
  • Activated 1 October 1985
Inactivated 6 September 1991[3]

Assignments

Stations

  • Point Arena Air Force Station, California, 1 January 1951 – 30 September 1980[2]
  • Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, 1 October 1985 – 6 September 1991 (HQ Site)
Moscow Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Transmitter site)
Columbia Falls Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Receiver site)

See also

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ^ The rattlesnake design was approved 30 January 1955. It was later placed on a white disc outlined black.
Citations
  1. ^ AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol II, p. 89
  2. ^ a b c Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson,p.167.
  3. ^ Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 Aug 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 Jul 1991

Bibliography

Public Domain 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 23 March 2012.
  • Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013.
  • "AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II" (PDF). Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force. 30 September 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  • Moscow Air Force Station
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