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541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group
Active	1949-1952
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Command and Control
Part of	Air Defense Command

The 541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952 and disbanded on 21 September 1984.

This command and control organization activated on 5 December 1949, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. On 1 May 1950, the reserve 565th AC&WG was activated as a Corollary unit at Selfridge, sharing the 541st's equipment and facilities. The 565th was called to active duty on 2 June 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 541st. It was inactivated in 1952 with its units being assigned directly to the 30th AD.

Components

660th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 5 December 1949 – 6 February 1952

661st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 5 December 1949 – 6 February 1952

662d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Brookfield AFS, Ohio, 18 April 1950 – 6 February 1952

663d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Maryville, Tennessee, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, 18 April 1950 – 6 February 1952

665th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Calumet AFS, Ohio, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

752d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Empire AFS, Michigan, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

753d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Sault Sainte Marie AFS, Michigan, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

754th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Port Austin AFS, Michigan, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

755th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Williams Bay AFS, Wisconsin, 27 November 1950 – 6 February 1952

781st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Custer AFS, Michigan, 16 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

782d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Rockville AFS, Indiana, 16 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

783d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Guthrie AFS, West Virginia, 16 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

784th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Godman Field, Kentucky, 16 April 1951 – 6 February 1952

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, Vol I. 1945-1955 (PDF). Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.^{[dead link]}

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Forces	Central Air Defense Eastern Air Defense Iceland Western Air Defense First Fourth Tenth Fourteenth
Air Divisions	8th 9th 20th 21st 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32d 33d 34th 35th 36th 37th 58th 64th 73d 85th
Sectors	Albuquerque Bangor Boston Chicago Detroit Duluth Goose Grand Forks Great Falls Kansas City Los Angeles Minot Montgomery New York Oklahoma City Phoenix Portland Reno Sault Sainte Marie San Francisco Seattle Sioux City Spokane Stewart Syracuse Washington
Wings	Fighter 1st 4th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 56th 78th 81st 325th 328th 507th Detection and Control 71st 73d 551st 552d Air Defense 46th 4620th 4621st 4622d 4624th 4625th 4627th 4628th 4683d 4700th 4702d 4703d 4704th 4705th 4706th 4707th 4708th 4709th 4710th 4711th 4750th 4751st 4752d 4756th 4780th
Groups	Fighter 1st 4th 14th 15th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 53d 54th 56th 57th 78th 79th 81st 82d 84th 325th 326th 327th 328th 329th 337th 343d 355th 408th 412th 414th 473d 475th 476th 478th 507th Air Defense 10th 500th 501st 502d 503d 514th 515th 516th 517th 518th 519th 520th 521st 525th 527th 528th 529th 530th 533d 534th 564th 566th 567th 568th 575th 637th 665th 678th 692d 701st 751st 762d 765th 778th 780th 827th 858th 4606th 4620th 4676th 4700th 4721st 4722d 4727th 4728th 4729th 4730th 4731st 4732d 4733d 4734th 4735th 4750th 4756th Aircraft Control & Warning 503d 505th 540th 541st 542d 543d 544th 545th 546th 563d 564th 565th 566th
Squadrons	Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons

Major
weapon
systems

Electronic	TB-29 EB-57 EC-121
Fighters	Propeller: F-47 F-51 P-61 F-82 Subsonic Jet: P-80 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-94 Supersonic Jet: F-101 F-102 F-104 F-106
Missiles	AIM-4 AIM-26 AIR-2 CIM-10
Ships	Guardian Interceptor Interdictor Interpreter Investigator Locator Lookout Outpost Pickett Protector Scanner Searcher Skywatcher Tracer Watchman Vigil
Texas Towers	Texas Tower 2 Texas Tower 3 Texas Tower 4

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Air Defense Command Emblem Gallery (on Wikimedia Commons)
General Surveillance Radar Stations

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References