The 801st Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1974.

801st Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 801st Radar Squadron
Active1955-1969, 1971-1974
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

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

Lineage

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  • Constituted as the 801st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 6 July 1955
Activated on 8 October 1955
Redesignated 801st Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1961
Inactivated on 31 December 1969
Activated on 30 June 1971
Inactivated on 1 July 1974

Assignments

Stations

  • Malmstrom AFB, MT, 1 February 1956 - 31 December 1969
  • Malmstrom AFB, MT, 30 June 1971 - 1 July 1974

References

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  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][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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