918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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The 918th 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 Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 March 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.
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 Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 March 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.
Lineage
- Constituted as 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 16 April 1952
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 March 1963
Assignments
- Western Air Defense ForceWestern Air Defense ForceThe 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, 16 February 1953
- Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960 - 1 March 1963
Stations
- Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952
- Baldy Hughes Air Station, British Columbia, Canada, 1 June 1953 - 1 March 1963