914th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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914th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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Active 1952-1963
Country United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Type General Radar Surveillance

The 914th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Duluth Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Armstrong Air Station, Ontario, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 November 1962.

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The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Activated on 10 March 1952
Discontinued on 1 November 1962

Assignments

29th Air Division

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30th Air Division

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Stations

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References

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