The 776th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It was last assigned to the Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Materiel Command

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, stationed at Moscow Air Force Station

Moscow Air Force Station

Moscow Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force radar station in Somerset County, Maine. Located northeast of Moscow, Maine, it went operational in 1990 but was closed in 1997 and placed in "warm storage" with minimal maintenance...

, Maine. It was inactivated on 1 October 1997.

From 1951-1980, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. In the 1990s it operated Over The Horizion (OTH-B) radar for Air Force Materiel Command.

Lineage

• Activated as 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 January 1951

Re-designated 776th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 January 1961

Re-designated 776th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 30 September 1980

• Re-activated 1995

Inactivated 1 October 1997

Assignments

• 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
  542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group
  The 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 28th Air Division, stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952....
  
  , 1 January 1951
• 28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• San Francisco Air Defense Sector
  San Francisco Air Defense Sector
  The San Francisco Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, being stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California.- History :...
  
  , 1 July 1960
• Portland Air Defense Sector
  Portland Air Defense Sector
  The Portland Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 25th Air Division, being stationed at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966.- History :...
  
  , 1 August 1963
• 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 27th Air Division, 15 September 1969
• 26th Air Division, 19 November 1969
• 26th ADCOM Region, 8 December 1978

Re-designated: 26th NORAD Region, 1 October 1979-30 September 1980

• Electronic Systems Division

Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Materiel Command

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, 1985-1 October 1997

Stations

• Point Arena AFS, California, 1 January 1951-30 September 1980
• Bangor ANGB, Maine, 1985-1 October 1997 (HQ Site)

Moscow AFB, Maine (OTH-B Transmitter site)

Columbia Falls AFS, Maine (OTH-B Receiver site)