741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
741st Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
Emblem of the 741st 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 741st 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 Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969.

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

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Inactivated on 1 December 1969

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