503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group

503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1949-52
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air Defense Warning and Control
Part of	Air Defense Command ; First Air Force ; 26th Air Division

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 26th Air Division at Roslyn AFS New York. It was inactivated in 1952.

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History

Activated as an ADC Aircraft Control and Warning Group, forming radar squadrons in the late 1940s and the early 1950s and deploying them around the New York, New Jersey area under First Air Force and the 26th Air Division. On 16 April 1950, the reserve 563d Aircraft Control and Warning Group was activated as a Corollary unit at Roslyn, sharing the 503d's equipment and facilities. The 563d was called to active duty on 2 June 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 503d.

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Lineage

Constituted as the 503d Aircraft Warning Group, 1 April 1948
Activated on 1 April 1948

Redesignated 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 6 December 1949

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

Disbanded on 21 September 1984.

Assignments

26th Air Division, 16 November 1948 – 6 February 1952

Components

645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Mitchel Field, New York, 30 April 1948-1 January 1951

646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Highlands AFS, New Jersey, 1 June 1948-6 February 1952

647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Mud Pond, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Santini, New York, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

770th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron

Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Cape Charles AFS, Virginia, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952

773d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Camp Hero, New York, 1 June 1948-6 December 1949

Stations

Fort Slocum (later, Slocum AFB), 1 April 1948
Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .

Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center.
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