679th Radar Squadron
The 679th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Naval [Air Station Jacksonville], Florida. It was inactivated on 31 July 1981.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Activated as 679th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 1 September 1953
- 545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
- 32d Air Division, 1 September 1953
- 35th Air Division, 24 December 1953
- 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
- Montgomery [Air Defense Sector], 1 July 1961
- 32d Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 33d Air Division, 14 November 1969
- 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 31 July 1981
- Great Falls AFB, MT, 1 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
- Dow AFB, ME, 1 September 1953
- Dobbins AFB, GA, 24 December 1953
- NAS Jacksonville, FL, 1 July 1957 – 31 July 1981