Kingman Air Force Station
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Kingman Air Force Station![]() | |
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Part of Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
![]() ![]() Kingman AFS Location of Kingman AFS, Arizona | |
Coordinates | 35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°WCoordinates: 35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
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Site history | |
Built | 1955 |
In use | 1955-1958 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/659th_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png/200px-659th_Radar_Squadron_-_Emblem.png)
Emblem of the 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Kingman, Arizona. It was closed in 1958.
Air Force units and assignments[]
Units:
- 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Assigned 22 June 1955
- Activated at Norton AFB, California on 20 June 1953
- Inactivated on 15 August 1958
Assignments:
- 27th Air Division, 22 June 1955 – 15 August 1958
See also[]
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
- Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
- Information for Kingman AFS, AZ
Categories:
- Installations of the United States Air Force in Arizona
- Radar stations of the United States Air Force
- Aerospace Defense Command military installations
- 1955 establishments in Arizona
- 1958 disestablishments in Arizona
- Military installations established in 1955
- Military installations closed in 1958