542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
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The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base
, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.
This command and control organization was responsible for Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) stations along the West Coast. It was dissolved after about a year, with the units being assigned directly to its parent Air Division.
Assignments
Stations
Components
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located along the western shore of San Pablo Bay, south of Novato, California.-History:...
, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.
This command and control organization was responsible for Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) stations along the West Coast. It was dissolved after about a year, with the units being assigned directly to its parent Air Division.
Lineage
- Established as 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
- Activated on 8 December 1949
- Inactivated on 6 February 1952
- Disbanded on 21 September 1984
Assignments
- 28th Air Division, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
Stations
- Hamilton AFB, California, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
Components
- 666th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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, California, 27 Noember 1950 - 6 February 1952- 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Hamilton AFB, California, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
- 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron668th Aircraft Control and Warning SquadronThe 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Mather Air Force Base, California...
- 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Mather AFB, California, 8 December 1949 - 6 February 1952
- 669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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, California, 5 May 1950 - 27 November 1950- 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Camp Cooke, California, 5 May 1950 - 27 November 1950
- 774th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Madera AFS, California, 27 November 1950 - 6 February 1952
- 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Cambria AFS, California, 7 March 1951 - 6 February 1952
- 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Point Arena AFS, California, 27 November 1950 - 6 February 1952
- 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Klamath AFS, California, 18 December 1950 - 6 February 1952