777th Radar Squadron

777th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 777th Radar Squadron
Active1951-1981;1988-1991
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northwest Air Defense Sector, Tactical Air Command, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991.

From 1951-1981, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter (OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 18 December 1950
Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 July 1960
Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 30 September 1980
Activated on 1 October 1988
Inactivated on 15 September 1991[1]

Assignments

Stations

Christmas Valley AFS, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site)
Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)

See also

References

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

  1. ^ Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 August 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 July 1991
  • 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).
  • Mountain Home AFB[permanent dead link‍]