777th Radar Squadron

The 777th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northwest Air Defense Sector, Tactical Air Command, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 September 1991.

777th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 777th Radar Squadron
Active	1951-1981;1988-1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

From 1951-1981, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter (OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

• Constituted as the 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 18 December 1950

Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 July 1960

Redesignated as 777th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 30 September 1980

Activated on 1 October 1988

Inactivated on 15 September 1991

Assignments

• 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 18 December 1950
• 28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• 25th Air Division, 1 March 1959
• Portland Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1960
• 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 25th Air Division, 15 September 1969 - 30 September 1980
• Northwest Air Defense Sector 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991

Stations

• Klamath AFS, California, 18 December 1950 - 30 September 1981
• Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1 October 1988 - 15 September 1991 (HQ Site)

Christmas Valley AFS, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site)

Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)

See also

• Over-the-horizon radar
• 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

• 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] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
• Mountain Home AFB