653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
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Active1949-1952, 1953-1963
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

The 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.

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

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Activated on 8 December 1949
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Inactivated on 1 August 1963

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Stations

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