The 858th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 26th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, stationed at Fallon Air Force Station (Naval Air Station Fallon), Nevada. It was inactivated on 30 June 1975.

858th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 858th Radar Squadron
Active1955-1970, 1974-1975
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

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

Lineage

  • Established as the 858th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Activated on 8 October 1955
Redesignated 858th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 December 1962
Inactivated on 1 March 1970
Redesignated 858th Radar Squadron on 1 January 1974
Activated on 17 January 1974
Inactivated on 30 June 1975

Assignments

Stations

  • Hamilton AFB, California, 8 October 1955
  • Fallon AFS (NAS Fallon), Nevada, 1 January 1956 - 1 March 1970
  • Fallon AFS (NAS Fallon), Nevada, 17 January 1974 - 30 June 1975

References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, [1] Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
  • Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
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