630th Radar Squadron
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The 630th Radar Squadron is a previous designation of a provisional United States Air Force
unit. It is assigned to Air Combat Command
, and was last stationed at Howard AFB, Panama. It was last inactivated on 1 June 1999.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
Assignments
Stations
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 is assigned to Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. ACC is one of ten major commands , reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force ....
, and was last stationed at Howard AFB, Panama. It was last inactivated on 1 June 1999.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States.
Lineage
- Constituted as 630th Aircraft Control Squadron on 11 September 1946
- Activated on 15 October 1946
- Inactivated on 16 April 1948
- Redesignated as 630th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 15 October 1953
- Activated on 1 November 1953
- Inactivated on 8 September 1954
- Redesignated as 630th Radar Squadron 18 July 1972
- Activated on 1 August 1972
- Inactivated on 31 December 1977
- Redesignated as 630th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 8 Jan 1988
- Activated on 1 April 1988
- Redesignated as 630th Radar Squadron on 1 December 1989
- Redesignated as 630th Air Operations Squadron on 26 July 1993
- Redesignated as 24th Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 July 1994
- Inactivated on 1 June 1999
- Redesignated 24th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 February 2009
Assignments
- 530th Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 15 October 1956 - 16 Apr 1948
- Ninth Air ForceNinth Air ForceThe Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
, 1 Nov 1953 - 15 February 1954 (attached to 629th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron 1 Nov 1953-7 January 1954, 532d Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 8 January 1954-15 February 1954) - 532d Aircraft Control & Warning Group, 15 February 1954 – 31 December 1954
- 20th Air Division, 1 August 1972 – 31 December 1977
- USAF Southern Air Division, 1 April 1988 - 1 January 1989
- 24th Composite Wing, 1 January 1989 - 15 February 1991
- Air Forces, Panama, 15 February 1991 - 11 February 1992
- 24th Operations Group, 11 February 1992 - 26 July 1993
- 24th Wing24th WingThe 24th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twelfth Air Force, stationed at Howard Air Force Base, Panama...
, 26 July 1993 - 27 July 1998 - 24th Operations Group 27 July 1998 - 1 June 1999
Stations
- Quarry Heights, Canal ZoneCanal ZoneCanal Zone may refer to:* Panama Canal Zone, the former United States territory* Suez Canal Zone, the informal zone around the Suez Canal in Egypt...
, 15 october 1946 - 16 April 1948 - Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1 July – 31 December 1954
- Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Texas, 1 August 1972 – 31 December 1977
- Headquarters Only 29°57′41"N 095°19′56"W
- Detachments operated from:
- Odessa, Texas (Z-229) (Operating Location A) 32°33′15"N 102°25′40"W
- Olton, Texas (Z-242) (Operating Location B) 27°29′56"N 098°58′08"W
- Ellington AFB, Texas (Z-240) (Operating Location C) 29°36′56"N 095°10′23"W
- Lackland AFB, Texas (Z-241) (Operating Location D) 29°23′16"N 098°37′59"W
- Sidell, Louisiana (Z-246) (Operating Location E) 30°20′53"N 089°46′46"W
- Lake Charles AFS, Louisiana (Z-246) (Operating Location F) 30°11′03"N 093°10′33"W
- Dauphin Island AFS, Alabama (Z-249) (Operating Location G) 30°15′00"N 088°04′40"W
- Howard AFB, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
1 Apr 1988 - 1 Jun3 1999
- Howard AFB, Panama