920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1951-1961
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

The 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Goose Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Resolution Island Air Station, Northern Territories, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 November 1961.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

• Constituted 15 October 1951 as the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 1 November 1951

Inactivated on 1 November 1961

Assignments

• 152d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (NEAC), 1 November 1951
• 64th Air Division (NEAC), 19 January 1952
• 4733d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957
• 4732d Air Defense Group, 1 May 1958
• Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 – 1 November 1961

Stations

• Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1 November 1951
• McAndrew AFB, Newfoundland, Canada, 19 January 1952
• Resolution Island AS, Northern Territories, Canada ca. 30 June 1953 - 1 November 1961

References

 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 13 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).