920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Goose Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Resolution Island Air Station, Northern Territories, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 November 1961.

920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active1951-1961
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

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

Lineage

  • Constituted 15 October 1951 as the 920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 1 November 1951
Inactivated on 1 November 1961

Assignments

Stations

  • Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1 November 1951
  • McAndrew AFB, Newfoundland, Canada, 19 January 1952
  • Resolution Island AS, Northern Territories, Canada ca. 30 June 1953 - 1 November 1961

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

    • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Archived 13 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).

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