542nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group
The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952.
This command and control organization was responsible for Aircraft Control and Warning stations along the West Coast. On 27 April 1950, the reserve 566th AC&WG was activated as a Corollary unit at Hamilton, sharing the 542d's equipment and facilities. The 566th was called to active duty on 10 May 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 542d. It was dissolved after about three years, with the units being assigned directly to its parent Air Division.
Lineage
- Established as 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
- 28th Air Division, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952
- Hamilton AFB, California, 8 December 1949 – 6 February 1952
- 666th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 668th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 774th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron