The 738th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Olathe Air Force Station, Kansas. It was inactivated on 8 September 1968.

738th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 738th Radar Squadron
Active1953-1968
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration was co-located inside the Boundary of the 738th. The FAA maintained and operated the search radar system (AN/FPS-27) to control air traffic for western Missouri, and eastern Kansas. The 738th maintained two AN/FPS-6 radar systems.

Lineage

  • Activated as 738th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 1 February 1953
Redesignated as 738th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 January 1962
Inactivated on 8 September 1988

Assignments

Stations

  • Olathe AFS, Kansas, 1 February 1953 – 8 September 1988

References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946-1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado (1980)
  • Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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