614th Radar Squadron
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The 614th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. It was last assigned to the Washington Air Defense Sector
Washington Air Defense Sector
The Washington Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia...

, Air Defense Command, stationed at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North Carolina
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. It was discontinued on 1 August 1963.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.

Lineage
  • Established 614th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1946
Activated on or about 1 August 1946
Redesignated: 614th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 March 1963
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 August 1963


Assignments
  • 526th Aircraft Control & Warning Group, on or about 1 August 1946
  • Pacific Air Command, on or about 1 December 1948
  • 1500 Air Base Group, 1 Jun 1949
  • Eastern Air Defense Force
    Eastern Air Defense Force
    The Eastern Air Defense Force is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command being stationed at Stewart Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960.-History:...

    , 1 July 1952
  • 32d Air Division, 1 December 1952
  • 4704th Defense Wing, 16 February 1953
  • 35th Air Division, 24 December 1953
  • 85th Air Division, 1 July 1956
  • 35th Air Division, 1 September 1958
  • 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
  • Washington Air Defense Sector
    Washington Air Defense Sector
    The Washington Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 26th Air Division, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia...

    , 1 July 1961


Stations
  • Fort Shafter
    Fort Shafter
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    , Hawaii on or about 1 August 1946
  • Hickam AFB, Hawaii Territory, 7 February 1949
  • Grenier AFB*, New Hampshire, 1 July 1952
  • Dobbins AFB*, Georgia, 24 December 1953
  • Andrews AFB*, Maryland, 1 July 1956
  • Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, 1 July 1957-1 August 1963


.* Unit not manned or equipped
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