933d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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The 933d 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 1400th Operations Group, Iceland Air Defense Force, stationed at Hofn Air Station
Hofn Air Station
Hofn Air Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on 30 June 1992.-History:...

, Iceland. It was inactivated on 30 June 1960.

From 1951-1960, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of Iceland and the North Atlantic.

Lineage
  • Activated as 933d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 1 July 1951
Inactivated on 30 June 1960


Assignments
  • Military Air Transport Service
    Military Air Transport Service
    The Military Air Transport Service is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy Naval Air Transport Service and the United States Air Force Air Transport Command into a single, joint, unified command...

    , 1 July 1951
  • 65th Air Division (Defense), 1 Oct 1952
  • Iceland Air Defense Force, 8 Mar 1954
  • 1400th Operations Group, 18 Dec 1955-30 June 1960


Stations
  • Hofn Air Station
    Hofn Air Station
    Hofn Air Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on 30 June 1992.-History:...

    , Iceland, 1 July 1951-30 June 1960
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