683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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Emblem of the 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1953-1969
CountryUnited States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Sweetwater Air Force Station, Texas. It was inactivated on 30 September 1969.

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

Lineage

Activated on 1 December 1953
Inactivated on 30 September 1969

Assignments

Stations

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