Near Bellefontaine in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Remembrance 1951- 1969

664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

— Ohio Hi- Point Career Center —

Remembrance 1951- 1969 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 19, 2015

1. Remembrance 1951- 1969 Marker

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Inscription. Bellefontaine, Ohio was home of the 664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron of the United States Air Force. Young men from all over America served here as part of our nation’s Air Defense Forces. To honor those who served here and dedicated a part of their lives in service to their country, we dedicate this historical marker. God bless America and long live the memory of those who served

Erected 2008 by veterans of 664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.

Location. 40° 22.195′ N, 83° 43.201′ W. Memorial is near Bellefontaine, Ohio, in Logan County. It is on East Sandusky Avenue (Ohio Route 540), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located in the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center and is generally accessible only during school hours. After turning off Ohio 540, drive straight on the main driveway and then keep to the right where you drive up a hill to the maintenance facility of the center. A sidewalk at the end of the driveway leads to the marker and Ohio's highest point. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2280 Ohio 540, Bellefontaine OH 43311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Campbell Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Earl S. Sloan (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Hi Point Career Center (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bellefontaine (approx. 0.8 miles away); Myeerah Trail / Historic Logan County (approx. 1.4 miles away); Bellefontaine War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Bellefontaine Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); The Harley Long Building (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bellefontaine.

More about this memorial. The marker was originally erected at the entrance to the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center and was moved here after the driveway to Campbell Hill was constructed.

Also see . . . Bellefontaine Air Force Station. More about the history of the radar station on Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 17, 2025, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.)

Photographed by Robert Baughman, November 13, 2020

2. Remembrance 1951- 1969 Marker

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 24, 2025

3. Remembrance 1951- 1969 Marker

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 19, 2015

4. Remembrance 1951- 1969 Marker

This is the marker in its previous location, directly ahead are the gates to the vocational school, site of the former radar base.

664th Air Force Radar Base image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick

5. 664th Air Force Radar Base

archived post card from the 1960's

664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick

6. 664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

shoulder patch of the 664th

Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 925 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on November 13, 2020, by Robert Baughman of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Photos: 1. submitted on March 24, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. 2. submitted on November 13, 2020, by Robert Baughman of Bellefontaine, Ohio. 3. submitted on October 17, 2025, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 24, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.