Unit Name: | 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group |
Dates: | 1950–1952 |
Country: | United States |
Type: | Command and Control radar organization |
Command Structure: | Air Defense Command |
The 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division, Air Defense Command, stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 10 February 1952.
The unit was a command and control organization of general surveillance radar squadrons providing for the air defense of the United States. The unit was inactivated due to an ADC reorganization, and its assigned radar squadrons were transferred to various air divisions.
Activated on 8 October 1950
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Disbanded on 21 September 1984
Leaf River, Minnesota, 4 June 1951 – 6 February 1952
Rapid City AFB, South Dakota, July 1951 – 6 February 1952
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952
Osceola AFS, Wisconsin, 8 October 1950 – 6 February 1952
Antigo AFS, Wisconsin, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952
Finland AFS, Minnesota, December 1950 – 6 February 1952
Finley AFS, North Dakota, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952
Minot AFS, North Dakota, 20 May 1951 – 6 February 1952
Chandler AFS, Minnesota, 27 June 1951 – 6 February 1952
Waverly AFS, Iowa, 10 April 1951 – 6 February 1952
Omaha AFS, Nebraska, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952
Kirksville AFS, Missouri, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952
Hanna City AFS, Illinois, 10 May – 1 July 1951