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545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

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545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1951-1952
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Comm9iand and Control
Part of	Air Defense Command

Military unit

The545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the29th Air Division, stationed atGreat Falls Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.

This command and control organization activated on 1 March 1951, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 29th AD.

Components

679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Great Falls AFB, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

681st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Cut Bank AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

778th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Havre AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

779th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Opheim AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

780th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fortuna AFS, North Dakota, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952

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. Retrieved17 June 2012.
Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
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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