The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

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 Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Puntzi Mountain Air Force Station, British Columbia. It was inactivated on 1 February 1963.

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

Lineage

• Activated as 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
  917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
  The 917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Seattle Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Puntzi Mountain Air Force Station, British Columbia...
  
  , 16 April 1952

Discontinued, 1 February 1963

Assignments

• Western Air Defense Force
  Western Air Defense Force
  The Western Air Defense Force is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960.- History :...
  
  , 16 April 1952
• 25th Air Division, 1 January 1953
• Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960-1 February 1963

Stations

• Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
• Puntzi Mountain AS, British Columbia, 8 November 1952-1 February 1963