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 Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home Air Force Base

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, Idaho. It was inactivated on 1 October 1997.

From 1951-1981, 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

• 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated 1 January 1951

Re-designated 777th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 15 July 1960

Re-designated 777th Radar Squadron, 1 February 1974

Inactivated on 30 September 1981

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
• 25th Air Division, 1 March 1959
• Portland Air Defense Sector
  Portland Air Defense Sector
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  , 1 March 1960
• 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 25th Air Division, 15 September 1969
• 25th ADCOM Region, 8 December 1978

Re-designated: 25th NORAD Region, 1 October 1979-30 September 1981

• Electronic Systems Division

Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Materiel Command

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, 1985-1 October 1997

Stations

• Klamath AFS, Oregon, 1 January 1951-30 September 1981
• Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1985-1 October 1997 (HQ Site)

Christmas Valley AFS, Oregon (OTH-B Transmitter site)

Tule Lake AFS, California (OTH-B Receiver site)