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864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
	Emblem of the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1955-1963
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

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The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Phoenix Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Yuma Air Force Station, Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.

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

Lineage

Constituted as the 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 8 August 1955

Redesignated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962

Redesignation retroactively revoked^[1]

Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963

Assignments

27th Air Division, 8 August 1955
Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
Phoenix Air Defense Sector, 1 May 1961 – 1 August 1963

Stations

Yuma County Airport, Arizona, 8 August 1955

Base redesignated Vincent AFB, 1 September 1956

Station redesignated Yuma AFS, 20 July 1962 – 1 August 1963

References

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

^ Air Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962

Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2]^{[dead link‍]} US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).

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[1] Air Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962

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-The '''864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron''' is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] unit. It was last assigned to the [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector]], [[Aerospace Defense Command]], stationed at [[Yuma Air Force Station]], Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
+The '''864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron''' is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] unit. It was last assigned to the [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector]], [[Air Defense Command]], stationed at [[Yuma Air Force Station]], Arizona. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
 The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
-'''Lineage'''
+==Lineage==
-* Activated as 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 8 August 1955
+* Constituted as the '''864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron'''
+: Activated on 8 August 1955
-: Re-designated 864th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 June 1962
+: Redesignated '''864th Radar Squadron''' (SAGE), 1 June 1962
-:: Re-designation revoked by Special Order, ADC, G-4, 15 October 1962
+: Redesignation retroactively revoked<ref>Air Defense Command Special Order G-4, 15 October 1962</ref>
-: Discontinued on 1 August 1963
+: Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963
-'''Assignments'''
+==Assignments==
 * [[27th Air Division]], 8 August 1955
-* [[Los Angeles Air Force Station]], 1 October 1959
+* [[Los Angeles Air Defense Sector]], 1 October 1959
-* [[Phoenix Air Defense Sector]], 1 May 1961-1 August 1963
+* Phoenix Air Defense Sector, 1 May 1961 – 1 August 1963
 '''Stations'''
 * Yuma County Airport, Arizona, 8 August 1955
-: Re-designated [[Vincent AFB]], 1 September 1956
+: Base redesignated [[Vincent AFB]], 1 September 1956
-: Re-designated Vincent AFS, 20 July 1962-1 August 1963
+: Station redesignated Yuma AFS, 20 July 1962 – 1 August 1963
 ==References==
-{{Portal box|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}
+{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
-{{AFHRA}}
 {{Reflist}}
-*  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
+* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization  1946 - 1980'', [http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |date=23 November 2006 }} Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
-* Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
+* Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., ''Searching the Skies'', The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bn/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231]{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
 ==External links==
 {{Aerospace Defense Command|state=collapsed}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
 [[Category:Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force]]
-[[Category:Aerospace Defense Command]]
+[[Category:Aerospace Defense Command units]]