785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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unit_name= 785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron


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dates= April 1952–December 1979
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History

Background of name

Mission

Operations

Lineage and honors

* Activated, April 1952;
* Reorganized to SAGE (as system input provider), 1959;
* Reorganized to BUIC I, 1962;
* Transferred to TAC, October 1979;
* Inactivated, 30 December 1979;

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Decorations

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Awards

Emblem

Assignments

Components

Stations

* Finley Air Force Station

: "P" prefix designation = Pinetree: "SM" prefix designation = Second (phase) Mobile: "Z" prefix designation = SAGE LRRS: "J" prefix designation = FAA JSS

; GATR : Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver; GFA : Gap Filler Annex; JSS : Joint Surveillance System; LRSS : Long Range Radar Site; NCC : NORAD Control Center

Equipment

FPS-3 search, April 1952;FPS-4 height, –1957;FPS-5 search, April 1952;FPS-6 height, 1957, second FPS-6, 1963;FPS-8 search, 1957;FPS-20 search, 1958, second FPS-20, 1959;FPS-35 search, 1962;FPS-90 height, 1963;

FPS-14FPS-18

Commanders

Lt. Col. William Pruit circa 1969-1971

References

* cite book
last = Winkler
first = David Frank
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others = Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command
title = Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program
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year = 1997
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location = Langley AFB, VA
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id = LCCN|97|0|20912
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External links

* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/index.html Online Air Defense Radar Museum]