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Pages in category "Radar stations of the United States Air Force" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of an aircraft control and warning squadron is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, and vehicles before they enter an area of operations, as well as providing command and control in an engagement by directing aircraft strikes.
Permanent System radar stations, the Air Defense Command manual network of radar stations prior to deployment of SAGE; Pinetree Line, a series of radar stations located across southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north. Lashup Radar Network radar stations, the radar stations deployed 1950-2 when the "Radar Fence" Plan was not approved ...
Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the Bendix Communications Division, Bendix Corporation.
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Squadron Location Nickname Notes: 666th Radar Squadron: Mill Valley AFS: SAGE: 682d Radar Squadron: Almaden AFS: SAGE: 689th Radar Squadron: Mount Hebo AFS: SAGE
Tin City AFS was a continental defence radar station constructed to provide the United States Air Force early warning of an attack by the Soviet Union on Alaska. It was one of the ten original radar surveillance sites constructed during the early 1950s to establish a permanent air defense system in Alaska.
The site remediation of the radar and support station was carried out by the 611th Civil Engineering Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, and remediation work was completed by 2005. The airport remains open to support Air Force operations around Point Barrow and to support contractor access to the military radar site.