Lockport Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force ADCOM General Surveillance Radar station in Cambria, New York. Initially established at...
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Chandler AFS (1961), Baudette AFS (1963), Las Vegas Air Force Station (1963), Montauk AFS, Lockport AFS (1962), Fort Fisher AFS (1962), Winston-Salem AFS (1962)...
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batteries. The Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) NF-17DC established at Lockport AFS, NY in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site...
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Ashton, ID (FAA Site)". Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Information for Hanna City AFS, IL". radomes.org. Retrieved 20 October 2014. "Aeronautical station located...
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1956 as the 4624th Air Defense Wing, SAGE at Syracuse Air Force Station (AFS), New York, assuming control of former ADC Eastern Air Defense Force units...
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Centers to provide command, control, and coordination (e.g., at Topsham AFS for the "Bangor North American Air Defense Sector") for ground-controlled...
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North Truro AFS, MA P-10 27 Nov 1950-15 Dec 1958 To 762d Radar Sq 763d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Shawnee (Renamed Lockport AFS, NY P-21 27...
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replacement on February 8, 1967, at Oakdale AFS, Pennsylvania.: 317, 320 Ft Lawton, Fort Heath MA, and Lockport AFS NY were replaced with BIRDIEs while instead...
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Artillery Brigade (Air Defense) served as part of the region while at Lockport AFS, NY. 2d Region - Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. The 2nd ARADCOM Region...
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Boron Air Force Station (redirect from Boron AFS)
was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders. Atolia AFS was renamed Boron Air Force Station on 1 December 1953. The AN/FPS-10 search...
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Air Defense Command (ADC) 26th Air Division at Custer Air Force Station (AFS), Michigan. It was inactivated on 1 April 1966. DEADS was originally designated...
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Houma Air Force Station (redirect from Houma AFS)
was placed at Houma AFS in late 1959 for field testing. In 1960 an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar was added. During 1961 Houma AFS joined the Semi Automatic...
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Niagara Falls AFS 52 18 03 BOMARC Base No. 1 BOMARC Base No. 2 Brookfield AFS Hancock Field (CC-01 & DC-03) Lockport AFS (Z-21) Watertown AFS (Z-49) ...
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Fort Lee Air Force Station (redirect from Fort Lee AFS)
operations were reassigned to the 33d Air Division, being moved to Fort Lee AFS from Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. The 33d AD was inactivated on 19 November...
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Roanoke Rapids Air Force Station (redirect from Roanoke Rapids AFS)
the closed Halifax County Airport. It was closed in 1978. Roanoke Rapids AFS was established in 1954 by Air Defense Command as one of a planned deployment...
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Empire Air Force Station (redirect from Empire AFS)
AN/FPS-6. A second height-finder radar arrived a year later. During 1960 Empire AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding...
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North Bend Air Force Station (redirect from North Bend AFS)
"lashup" site L-33 at Portland shut down. The site was renamed North Bend AFS on 1 December 1953, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control...
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Gibbsboro Air Force Station (redirect from Gibbsboro AFS)
(EADS) Ground Equipment Facility. What would eventually become Gibbsboro AFS was established in March 1957 as an unmanned "Gap Filler" site, designated...
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Makah Air Force Station (redirect from Makah AFS)
unit's radar scopes. The station was renamed Makah AFS on 1 December 1953. During 1960, Makah AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE)...
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Opheim Air Force Station (redirect from Opheim AFS)
the 779th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at Opheim AFS with AN/FPS-3 and AN/FPS-4 radars, and initially the station functioned as...
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Winslow Air Force Station (redirect from Winslow AFS)
Force Historical Research Agency Site history for Windslow AFS Site history for Windslow AFS Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace...
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Havre Air Force Station (redirect from Harve AFS)
an AN/GPS-3 radar c. late 1958 that stayed until 1965. During 1961 Havre AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, when a Burroughs...
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Mica Peak Air Force Station (redirect from Mica Peak AFS)
unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. In 1959 Mica Peak AFS received an AN/FPS-6A height-finder radar, and began performing air-traffic-control...
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Perrin Air Force Station (redirect from Perrin AFS)
and Perrin Air Force Station was established as an annex of Duncanville AFS, TX. It was equipped with an AN/FPS-20 search radar and an AN/FPS-6 height-finder...
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Bartlesville Air Force Station (redirect from Bartlesville AFS)
Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.[dead link] Information for Bartlesville AFS, OK...
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Antigo Air Force Station (redirect from Antigo AFS)
Antigo AFS Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates)...
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Killeen Air Force Station (redirect from Killeen AFS)
area. The 814th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to Killeen AFS on 14 February 1957. It operated AN/FPS-20 search radar and an AN/FPS-6 height-finder...
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Squadron North Truro AFS, Massachusetts, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952 763d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Lockport AFS, New York, 1 September...
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Gettysburg Air Force Station (redirect from Gettysburg AFS)
and an AN/FPS-6A height-finder radar was installed. During 1960 Gettysburg AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding...
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Lufkin Air Force Station (redirect from Lufkin AFS)
constructed. The 815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to Lufkin AFS on 14 February 1957. It began operating an AN/FPS-3A search radar and an...
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