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* [[645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Mitchel Field]], New York, 30 April 1948-1 January 1951
: [[Mitchel Field]], New York, 30 April 19481 January 1951
* [[646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Highlands AFS]], New Jersey, 1 June 1948-6 February 1952
: [[Highlands AFS]], New Jersey, 1 June 19486 February 1952
* [[647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Fort George G. Meade]], Maryland, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Fort George G. Meade]], Maryland, 1 January 19516 February 1952
* [[648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Mud Pond, Pennsylvania]], 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Mud Pond, Pennsylvania]], 1 January 19516 February 1952
* [[658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Santini, New York]], 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Santini, New York]], 1 January 19516 February 1952
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* [[770th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron]]
* [[770th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron]]
: [[Palermo AFS]], New Jersey, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Palermo AFS]], New Jersey, 1 January 19516 February 1952
* [[771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Cape Charles AFS]], Virginia, 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Cape Charles AFS]], Virginia, 1 January 19516 February 1952
* [[772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Connellsville, Pennsylvania]], 1 January 1951-6 February 1952
: [[Connellsville, Pennsylvania]], 1 January 19516 February 1952
* [[773d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
* [[773d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]]
: [[Camp Hero, New York]], 1 June 1948-6 December 1949
: [[Camp Hero, New York]], 1 June 19486 December 1949
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]
* [[List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations]]
* [[Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons]]
* [[Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons]]
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* {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title= A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980|url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher = Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|page= }}
* {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946-1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|access-date=2012-05-30|archive-date=2016-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090529-030.pdf Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126]
* [http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/101-150/AFD-090529-030.pdf Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126]
* {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F|author2=Webster, Julie L|title=Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231|date=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|lccn=97020912}}
* {{cite book|last=Winkler|first=David F|author2=Webster, Julie L|title=Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231|date=1997|publisher=US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories|location=Champaign, IL|lccn=97020912}}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}


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Latest revision as of 20:54, 7 January 2024

503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active1949-52
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeAir Defense Warning and Control
Part ofAir Defense Command
First Air Force
26th Air Division

The 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 26th Air Division at Roslyn AFS New York. It was inactivated in 1952.

History

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Activated as an ADC Aircraft Control and Warning Group, forming radar squadrons in the late 1940s and the early 1950s and deploying them around the New York, New Jersey area under First Air Force and the 26th Air Division. On 16 April 1950, the reserve 563d Aircraft Control and Warning Group was activated as a Corollary unit at Roslyn, sharing the 503d's equipment and facilities. The 563d was called to active duty on 2 June 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 503d.

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  • Constituted as the 503d Aircraft Warning Group, 1 April 1948
  • Activated on 1 April 1948
Redesignated 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 6 December 1949
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Disbanded on 21 September 1984.

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References

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Public Domain 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 13 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  • Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
  • Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.[dead link]