926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 926th 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 Frobisher Bay Air Base, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 November 1961.

926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem was developed by A/1c Robert D. Weitzel-1954-55
Active1953-1961-developed by A/1c Robert D. Weitzel-1954-55
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

  • Activated as 926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 13 June 1953
  • Inactivated 1 November 1961

Assignments

Stations

  • Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 13 June 1953
  • Frobisher Bay AB, Northern Territories, 1 October 1953 – 1 November 1961

References

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

    • A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

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