Spotted Island Air Station
Spotted Island Air Station | |
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Part of Pinetree Line | |
Labrador, Canada | |
![]() Emblem of the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
Coordinates | 53°31′05″N 055°44′56″W / 53.51806°N 55.74889°W |
Type | Radar Station |
Code | N-27B |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Aerospace Defense Command |
Site history | |
Built | 1957 |
Built by | United States Air Force |
In use | 1957-1961 |
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Spotted Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27B) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located 195 miles (314 km) east of CFB Goose Bay.[1] It was closed in 1961.
History[]
The site was established in 1957 as a staffed Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27B". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 staffed Gap Filler search radar.[2]
USAF units and assignments[]
Units:
- 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated at , New Hampshire 26 May 1953
- Moved to Cartwright Air Station, 1 October 1953
- Discontinued 1961[3]
Assignments:
- 4732d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957
- Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960
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/.
- A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
- Radar stations of the United States Air Force
- Installations of the United States Air Force in Canada
- Military installations closed in 1961
- Military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador
- 1957 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador
- 1961 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Military installations established in 1957