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543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1950–1952
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Command and Control radar organization
Part of	Air Defense Command

Military unit

The543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbandedUnited States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the31st Air Division,Air Defense Command, stationed atFort Snelling, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 10 February 1952.

History

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The unit was a command and control organization of general surveillance radar squadrons providing for the air defense of the United States. The unit was inactivated due to an ADC reorganization, and its assigned radar squadrons were transferred to various air divisions.

Lineage

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Established as the 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group

Activated on 8 October 1950

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

Disbanded on 21 September 1984

Assignments

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31st Air Division, 8 October 1950
Central Air Defense Force, 1 January 1951
31st Air Division (Defense), 10 July 1951

Stations

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Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952

Subordinate units

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132d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Federalized Minnesota ANG)

Leaf River, Minnesota, 4 June 1951 – 6 February 1952

138th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Federalized Colorado ANG)

Rapid City AFB, South Dakota, July 1951 – 6 February 1952

673d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952

674th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Osceola AFS, Wisconsin, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952

676th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Antigo AFS, Wisconsin, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952

756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Finland AFS, Minnesota, December 1950 – 6 February 1952

785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron,

Finley AFS, North Dakota, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Minot AFS, North Dakota, 20 May 1951 – 6 February 1952

787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Chandler AFS, Minnesota, 27 June 1951 – 6 February 1952

788th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Waverly AFS, Iowa, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

789th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Omaha AFS, Nebraska, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952

790th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Kirksville AFS, Missouri, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952

791st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Hanna City AFS, Illinois, 10 May – 1 July 1951

References

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This article incorporatespublic 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 fromthe original(PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved22 November 2011.
Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
Leonard, Barry (2009).History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, Vol I. 1945–1955(PDF). Center for Military History.ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved17 June 2012.
Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997).Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.LCCN 97020912.^{[dead link]}

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