916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Beausejour Air Station, Manitoba, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1963.

916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1952-1961
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

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

Lineage

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  • Constituted as the 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 12 February 1952
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 October 1961

Assignments

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Stations

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  • Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 12 February 1952
  • Beausejour AS, Manitoba, 1 December 1952 – 1 October 1961

References

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

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
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