668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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Emblem of the 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1949–1961
CountryUnited States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Mather Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 September 1961.

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The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage

Activated on 8 December 1949
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 September 1961

Assignments

Stations

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