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Emblem of the 716th Radar Squadron. Kalispell Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-179, NORAD ID: Z-179) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 13.3 miles (21.4 km) south of Kalispell, Montana near the community of Lakeside.
Yaak Air Force Station was an Air Defense Command general surveillance radar station in Lincoln County, Montana.Built as one of twenty-eight stations in the second segment of the Permanent System radar network, [4] the 680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at the installation on 1 March 1951 [5] for ground-controlled interception operating AN/FPS-3 and AN/FPS-4 radars in ...
The Air Force added 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 AN/FST-2 Coordinate Data Transmitting Set was installed to transfer radar track data to Air Defense Direction Center DC-20 at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
Responding to input from concerned residents, the Mt. Baldhead Radar Station Preservation Work Group was established by the Saugatuck City Council, in May 2021, to investigate and report on approaches to dealing with the deteriorating radar annex. [24]
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.
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Emblem of the 779th Radar Squadron FPS-7 Radar Tower 1973 Opheim Air Force Station Montana. Opheim Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-26, NORAD ID: Z-26) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 3.3 miles (5.3 km) west of Opheim, Montana. It was closed in 1979.
The former J-31 San Pedro JSS ARSR-1 radar site, California USAF Battle Control System operators monitor the skies from the floor of the program's Eastern Air Defense Sector location. The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.