This is a list of United States Air Force defense systems evaluation squadrons. It covers units that were part of the inactivated Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons.
SquadronShieldLocationNicknameAircraftNote 17th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron Malmstrom AFB EB-57 Activated in 1954 as 4677th Radar Evaluation Flight at Hill AFB, Utah; then re-designated 4677th DSES, 1 Jan 1960 unit 1 July 1974 then re-designated the 17th DSES until inactivation 13 July 1979. 4713th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron Westover AFB "Roving Ravens" EB-57 Activated in 1954 as 4713th Radar Evaluation Flight at Griffiss AFB, New York. 4754th Radar Evaluation Squadron Hamilton AFB TB-29TB-25 Became non-flying organization in 1959. Still active as 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, stationed at Hill AFB, UT as part of ACC. 4758th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron Holloman AFB F-100EB-57 Origins date to 1939 as the 129th Observation Squadron. 6023d Radar Evaluation Squadron Yokota ABJohnson ABNaha AB ECM TB-29 Superfortress Operated under Far East Air Forces (Later Pacific Air Forces) Was last unit equipped with B-29 Superfortresses; last flight on 21 June 1960.
See also List of United States Air Force squadrons
References
A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
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