776th Radar Squadron

The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector, Air Combat Command, stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine. It was inactivated on 6 September 1991.

776th Radar Squadron
Emblem of the 776th Radar Squadron
Active1951–1980;1985–1991
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGeneral Radar Surveillance

From 1951-1980, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. From 1985-1991, it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter(OTH-B) radar for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage
  • Constituted as the 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950
Activated on 27 November 1950
Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 January 1961
Redesignated 776th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
Inactivated on 30 September 1980
  • Activated 1 October 1985
Inactivated 6 September 1991[1]

Assignments

Stations

  • Point Arena AFS, California, 1 January 1951 – 30 September 1980
  • Bangor ANGB, Maine, 1 October 1985 – 6 September 1991 (HQ Site)
Moscow AFS, Maine (OTH-B Transmitter site)
Columbia Falls AFS, Maine (OTH-B Receiver site)

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. Tactical Air Command Special Order GB-81, 13 Aug 1991; DAF/MO Letter 151r, 12 Jul 1991
  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, 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, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
  • Moscow Air Force Station

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