706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

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unit_name= 706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron


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dates= April 1959–June 1965
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The 706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (706 AC&W) was stationed at Dickinson Air Force Station, North Dakota, as part of the Pinetree Line, then as a SAGE site.

History

Background of name

Mission

Operations

Lineage and honors

* Operational, 1959
* Transferred to SAGE, 1961
* Deactivated, 25 June 1965

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Decorations

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Awards

Emblem

Assignments

Components

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Stations

Dickinson Air Force Station, North Dakota, 20 May 1951.

: "P" prefix designation = Pinetree: "M" prefix designation = first phase Mobile station: "TM" prefix designation = Third phase Mobile station: "Z" prefix designation = SAGE LRRS: "J" prefix designation = FAA JSS

; BUIC : Back Up Interceptor Control; GATR : Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver; GFA : Gap Filler Annex; JSS : Joint Surveillance System; LRSS : Long Range Radar Site

Equipment

* FPS-3 search, 1959–1963
* FPS-6A height, 1959–1963
* second FPS 6A height, 1960–1963
* FPS-66 search, 1963
* (2x) FPS-90 height, 1963

* FPS-18 gap filler, 1958

Commanders

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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location = Langley AFB, VA
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External links

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