J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
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● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 L i n e a g e
2 R e f e r e n c e s
T o g g l e R e f e r e n c e s s u b s e c t i o n
2 . 1 N o t e s
2 . 2 B i b l i o g r a p h y
3 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
6 2 7 t h R a d a r S q u a d r o n
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m 6 2 7 t h A i r c r a f t C o n t r o l a n d W a r n i n g S q u a d r o n )
The 627th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 32d Air Division , Air Defense Command (ADC), stationed at Crystal Springs Air Force Station , Mississippi. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968.
The squadron was originally activated in 1946[1] Army Air Forces assumed the radar detection mission from the Signal Corps in 1946. Its mission was to provide air defense for the island of Guam .[citation needed It was inactivated when its parent group moved from Guam to Okinawa.[2]
The unit was reactivated in 1957[3] [citation needed In 1958, the squadron provided support to contractors participating in the radar frequency diversity test program.[4] Semi Automatic Ground Environment system and was redesignated as a Radar Squadron.[3] Department of Defense decided to draw down air defenses in the Gulf Coast region.[5]
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Inactivated on 22 June 1948
Activated on 8 April 1957
Redesignated 627th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 October 1959
Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968
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^ "Abstract, History of 627th AC&W Sq, Mar 1948-Jun 1948" . Air Force History Index. Retrieved 1 April 2012 .
^ a b c d e f g h Cornett & Johnson, p. 154 (Cornett & Johnson do not provide exact dates for the squadron's period at Dobbins AFB)
^ "Abstract, History of 627th AC&W Sq, Jul 1958-Sep 1959" . Air Force History Index. Retrieved 1 April 2012 .
^ see Leonard, p. 173 for the need to rebuild these defenses in 1972.
^ "Abstract, History of 627 AC&W Sq CY 1947" . Air Force History Index. Retrieved 1 April 2012 .
^ a b "Abstract, History of 627th AC&W Sq, Jan 1948-Mar 1948" . Air Force History Index. Retrieved 1 April 2012 .
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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 1 April 2012 .
Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, Vol II, 1955-1972 (PDF) . Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1 the original (PDF) on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2012 .
Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF) . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6
Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program LCCN 97020912 . [dead link
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