503rd Aircraft Control and Warning Group
The 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command 's 26th Air Division at Roslyn AFS New York. It was inactivated in 1952.
History
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.Lineage
- Constituted as the 503d Aircraft Warning Group, 1 April 1948
- Activated on 1 April 1948
Assignments
- 26th Air Division, 16 November 1948 – 6 February 1952
Components
- 645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 770th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron
- 771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 773d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Stations
- Fort Slocum (later, Slocum AFB), 1 April 1948
- Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952