545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

The 545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 29th Air Division, stationed at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.

545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1951-1952
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Comm9iand and Control
Part of	Air Defense Command

This command and control organization activated on 1 March 1951, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 29th AD.

Components

679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Great Falls AFB, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Palermo AFS, New Jersey, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 681st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Cut Bank AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952

778th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Havre AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 779th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Opheim AFS, Montana, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952 780th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Fortuna AFS, North Dakota, 1 March 1951–6 February 1952

See also

• List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 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.
• 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.

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