Cambria Air Force Station
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| Cambria Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
|---|---|
  Cambria AFS Location of Cambria AFS, California | |
| Coordinates | 35°31′20″N 121°03′49″W / 35.52222°N 121.06361°W |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Code | ADC ID: P-2, NORAD ID: Z-2 |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1951 |
| In use | 1951–1980 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Cambria Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Cambria, California. It was closed in 1980.
History
Cambria Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
The 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was initially assigned to a temporary "Lashup" site (LP-2) that was established in November 1951 at Cambria equipped with an
In 1955 the height-finder radar was replaced by an
In 1963 an
In addition to the main facility, Cambria operated the
- Lockwood, CA (P-2A) 35°57′04″N 121°00′05″W / 35.95111°N 121.00139°W
Over the years, the equipment at the station was upgraded or modified to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the information gathered by the radars. In 1979 Cambria came under Tactical Air Command (TAC) jurisdiction with the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command and the creation of
It was operated by the Coast Guard as a NAVTEX (Navigational Telex, broadcasting safety notices & weather info to ships) station.[citation needed]
Today, what was Cambria Air Force Station is in private hands. The station sold to Big Cats LLC, Bernd Schaefers on 13 January 2005 for $2,000,000.[1] Most buildings are in reasonable condition with most of the towers still remaining. After completion of code upgrades and de-militarization, the Uniphi Foundation, a subsidiary of Our Kids Future Foundation (a not-for-profit California corporation), is planning to use it as a Uniphi Foundation Learning Center.[2]
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Air Force units and assignments
- Units
- 775th Radar Squadron
- Constituted as the 775th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated at Cambria, California on 7 March 1951
- Site renamed Cambria Air Force Station on 1 December 1953
- Redesignated as 775th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 May 1961
- Redesignated as 775th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 30 September 1980
Assignments:
- 542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 7 March 1951
- 28th Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 27th Air Division, 1 October 1954
- Los Angeles Air Defense Sector, 1 October 1959
- 27th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 26th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1980
See also
- List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
- United States general surveillance radar stations
Notes
- ^ "Information for Cambria AFS, CA". Radomes, Inc. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Cambria Air Force Radar Station: Future Home of Uniphi Foundation Learning Center". Uniphi Foundation, a subsidiary of Our Kids Future Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
- Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies[dead link], The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
