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781st Radar Squadron (SAGE) patch. The Saugatuck Gap Filler Annex (ADC ID: P-67C, NORAD ID: Z-67C, Z-34G) is a decommissioned air defense radar installation previously of the United States Air Force. It served in the vast Cold War era Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense system. Of the hundreds of SAGE radars Saugatuck's is the ...
The AN/FPS-14 was a medium-range search Radar used by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command. This medium-range search radar was designed and built by Bendix as a SAGE system gap-filler radar to provide low-altitude coverage. Operating in the S-band at a frequency between 2700 and 2900 MHz, the AN/FPS-14 could detect at a range of 65 ...
Squadrons at some radar stations were the parent organizations for detachments at other stations, e.g., the 666th RADSQ at Mill Valley Z-38 was the parent of Detachment 2 at the Mather AFB radar station, and the 771st RADSQ at Cape Charles Z-56 was responsible for three gap-filler annexes in Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Saugatuck Gap Filler Radar Annex; Selfridge AFB radar station; Sioux City Air National Guard Base; Sioux Lookout Air Station; Snelling Air Force Station; Sparrevohn Air Force Station; Spotted Island Air Station; St. Bride's Radar Station; Stephenville Air Station
Of the four gap-filler radars once under the control of Empire AFS, only the Saugatuck annex still stands basically as it did while in operation. In fact, of all of the radars in the SAGE system, gap-filler or long-range, the Saugatuck annex appears to be the last site in public hands that is nearly completely intact with all of the Cold War ...
The gap-filler radars at Saugatuck and Shelby, MI were transferred to the 752nd Radar Squadron, Empire, MI on 27 January 1965, at which time they acquired ID's Z-34G and Z-34H, respectively. Midland, MI was transferred to the 661st Radar Squadron, Selfridge AFB, near Mount Clemens, MI on 4 February 1965, and Richland Center, IN was transferred ...
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Saugatuck Gap Filler Radar Annex; Snow Mountain Air Force Station; Stewart Air National Guard Base; Sundance Air Force Station; T. Thomasville Air Force Station;