544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1950-1952
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Command and Control

The 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 27th Air Division, and last stationed at Norton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.

This command and control organization was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 27th AD.

Lineage

• Established as the 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

Activated on 8 October 1950

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

Disbanded on 21 September 1984

Stations

• probably Hamilton AFB, California 8 October 1950
• Norton AFB, California 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

Components

669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Fort MacArthur, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Camp Cooke, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952 685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Norton AFB, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

750th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Atolia, California, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952 751st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Mount Laguna AFS, California, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

See also

• List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons

References

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

• 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
• Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
• Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN   97020912.^{[ dead link ‍]}