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The squadron was first organized at Moorestown, New Jersey as the 17th Surveillance Squadron. The 17th operated a radar sensor for the USAF Spacetrack System at Moorestown until it was inactivated in December 1969. [1] The squadron was redesignated the 17th Radar Squadron and activated at Ko Kha Air Station, Thailand in September 1971. At Ko ...
The 17th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron assumed the radar evaluation function the 4677th Radar Evaluation Flight (ECM), which was organized at Hill AFB, Utah in 1954. [6] The peacetime mission of the flight was to provide electronic countermeasure (ECM) training and evaluation services to the aircraft control and warning squadrons assigned ...
0–9. 17th Radar Squadron; 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron; 609th Radar Squadron; 612th Radar Squadron; 614th Radar Squadron; 627th Radar Squadron; 630th Radar Squadron
The 17th Space Surveillance Squadron (17 SSS) was originally constituted as the 17th Radar Squadron (17th RS), and activated, on 1 November 1966. The 17th SS operated a radar sensor for the USAF Spacetrack System, first in New Jersey then later tracking People's Republic of China missile launches and southerly launches from the Soviet Union ...
776th Radar Squadron: Point Arena AFS: SAGE: See also. List of United States Air Force squadrons This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 02:55 (UTC). ...
Activated in 1954 as 4677th Radar Evaluation Flight at Hill AFB, Utah; theen re-designated 4677th DSES, 1 Jan 1960 unit 1 July 1974 then re-designated the 17th DSES until inactivation 13 July 1979. 4713th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron: Westover AFB "Roving Ravens" EB-57: Activated in 1954 as 4713th Radar Evaluation Flight at Griffiss AFB ...
1946–1959, 1993–2006. Formerly 1716th Signal Service Battalion. Also 16th Communications Squadron, Air Force; 16th Communications Squadron, Theater Air Force. See 16th Special Operations Wing: 17th Communications Squadron, Command: Harmon AFB, Guam: 1946–1949. Formerly 389th Signal Company, Aviation. Disbanded 1983. 17th Communications ...
The first predecessor of the squadron was the 17th Bombardment Squadron, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress unit that participated in the strategic bombing of Japan during World War II, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for raids in late July and early August 1945. The squadron was inactivated after the end of the war.