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Brunswick AFS, Maine, 15 August 1958-1 August 1962. 672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron; Barrington AS, Nova Scotia, 1 July 1960 – 1 June 1962. 764th Radar Squadron (SAGE) Saint Albans AFS, Vermont, 15 August 1958 – 1 June 1962. 765th Radar Squadron (SAGE) Charleston AFS, Maine, 15 August 1958 – 1 April 1966: 766th Radar Squadron ...
Topsham AFS was initially the headquarters of the Air Defense Command Bangor Air Defense Sector (BaADS), which was activated on 8 January 1957. In 1958 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-05) was established at Topsham AFS. The SAGE system was a network linking Air Force (and later FAA) General Surveillance Radar stations ...
In March 1953, the squadron was reactivated as the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying Northrop F-89 Scorpions. [15] It was activated at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine as the 528th Air Defense Group's second operational squadron. [7] A second swap of units began when the 82d Fighter Interceptor Squadron arrived from Iceland.
"The 36th Air Division was activated to solve the organizational and jurisdictional problems caused by placing two combat wings at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in 1951. . The division first flew Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and Boeing B-50 Superfortresses for bombardment operations, but by late 1954 it was completely equipped with Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium bomb
The wing was organized as the 4711th Defense Wing at the beginning of February 1952 at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine [1] as part of a major reorganization of ADC responding to ADC's difficulty under the existing wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage. [2]
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) is a public municipal corporation created in 2007 by the Maine State Legislature to manage the conversion of the former Naval Air Station Brunswick to civilian use. [2] MRRA is overseen by an 11-member board of trustees appointed by the Governor of Maine and confirmed
The Maine State ANG Headquarters, Camp Keyes, Augusta was organized and federally recognized on 19 March 1952. KC-135 Stratotanker of the Maine National Guard . On 15 April 1956 the 101st FG was put on duty in New Hampshire until December 1960, when it was reassigned and reactivated in the State of Maine.
Topsham, Maine—The 765th Radar Squadron at Charleston Air Force Station, Maine, commanded by Maj George Marvin, has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, according to orders issued by the Department of the Air Force headquarters in Washington D.C.