776th Radar Squadron

776th Radar Squadron
776th Radar Squadron
	over-the-horizon radar coverage
Active	1951–1980; 1985–1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Radar Surveillance
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
776th Radar Squadron emblem

Last updated July 24, 2023

The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 6 September 1991.

Lineage

Constituted as the 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950

Activated on 27 November 1950

Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 January 1961

Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 30 September 1980^[2]

Activated 1 October 1985

Inactivated 6 September 1991^[3]

Assignments

542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 November 1950
28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1960
Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 August 1963
26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
27th Air Division, 15 September 1969
26th Air Division, 19 November 1969 - 30 September 1980^[2]
24th Air Division 1 October 1985
Northeast Air Defense Sector, 1 December 1987 - 6 September 1991

Stations

Point Arena Air Force Station, California, 1 January 1951 – 30 September 1980^[2]
Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine, 1 October 1985 – 6 September 1991 (HQ Site)

Moscow Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Transmitter site)

Columbia Falls Air Force Station, Maine (OTH-B Receiver site)

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References

Notes

Explanatory notes

↑ The rattlesnake design was approved 30 January 1955. It was later placed on a white disc outlined black.

Citations

↑ AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol II, p. 89
1 2 3 Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson,p.167.
↑ Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 Aug 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 Jul 1991

Bibliography

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 23 March 2012.
Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013.
"AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II" (PDF). Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force. 30 September 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
Moscow Air Force Station

Further reading

Grant, C. L. "The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, USAF Historical Study No. 126" (PDF). Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

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[2] The rattlesnake design was approved 30 January 1955. It was later placed on a white disc outlined black.

[1] AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol II, p. 89

[cj167-3] 1 2 3 Lineage through early 1980 in Cornett & Johnson,p.167.

[4] Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 Aug 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 Jul 1991

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