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King Salmon Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-03, LRR ID: A-07) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of King Salmon, Alaska. The control center station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site as part of the Alaska Radar System.
Naknek Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Following its closure, it has since been redeveloped into King Salmon Airport. The United States Army Air Corps built Naknek Air Base in 1941.
The Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center is part of the Eleventh Air Force. The 611th Air Support Squadron (611 ASUS) manages three of PACAF's largest operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts worth $82M for Eareckson Air Station, the FOL at King Salmon airport, 15 remote radar sites (including the King Salmon Long Range Radar Site ...
Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. Nike missile operations continued there until 1979 when the site was closed. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Radars were FPS-93A and in 1982 the FPS-117 was installed. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use.
The King Salmon Inn opened in 1956. King Salmon is now a government, transportation, and service and shipment center for the commercial red salmon and sport fishing industries. The Air Force base closed in 1994, and is kept in caretaker status (mothballed) by Anchorage-based Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc. King Salmon Airport is now a public ...
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The Alaskan Air Command (AAC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces.Its mission was to organize and administer the air defense system of Alaska, exercise direct control of all active measures, and coordinate all passive means of air defense.
Transferred to civilian use as King Salmon Airport: New Boston Air Force Station: New Boston: New Hampshire: 2021 Realigned to the US Space Force as New Boston Space Force Station [15] Newark Air Force Base: Heath: Ohio: 1996 Closed Newcastle Air Force Base Wilmington: Delaware: 1958 Redesignated as New Castle Air National Guard Base: Norton ...