812th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

The 812th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Station, Oklahoma. It was discontinued on 1 September 1961.

812th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 812th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Active	1956-1961
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	General Radar Surveillance

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

Lineage

• Constituted as the 812th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Activated on 8 April 1956

Inactivated on 1 September 1961

Assignments

• 33d Air Division, 8 April 1956
• Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960 - 1 September 1961

Stations

• Oklahoma City AFS, Oklahoma, 8 April 1956
• Lake Charles AFS, Louisiana, 30 April 1957 - 1 September 1961

References

 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] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).