646th Aircraft Control Squadron

6
	Emblem of the 646th Radar Squadron
Active	1948 June 1-1966 July 1
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance Squadron; assigned to:; 1948 June 1 -503d Aircraft Warning Group; 1949 December 6 - 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group; 1952 February 6 - 26th Air Division; 1953 February 16 - 4709th Defense Wing; 1956 October 18 - 4621st Air Defense Wing; 1957 January 8 - New York Air Defense Sector; 1966 April 1 - 21st Air Division

This article does not contain any citations or references. Please improve this article by adding a reference. For information about how to add references, see Template:Citation.

References needed
Articles using infobox military unit
Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia
5 more
Aerospace Defense Command units
1948 in military history
Military units and formations established in 1948
Military units and formations disestablished in 1966

The 646th Aircraft Control Squadron was the operational USAF unit of Highlands Air Force Station and manned a flight at Texas Tower 4, a Highlands offshore radar annex from 1959 until it collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1961, killing 28 people. The squadron was activated on 1 June 1948 and renamed the 646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 6 December 1949, then 646th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 Oct 1958.

References[]

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at 646th Aircraft Control Squadron and the edit history here.