Caswell Air Force Station
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Caswell Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
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Coordinates | 46°58′15″N 067°50′04″W / 46.97083°N 67.83444°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Code | ADC ID: P-80 NORAD ID: Z-80 |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1952 |
In use | 1952–1980 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 766th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron |
Caswell Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of Limestone, Maine. It was closed in 1980.
History
Caswell was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent
Because of difficulties with new production radar equipment, the site initially consisted of a pair of
In 1955 and 1956 an
In 1961 an electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) capable
In addition to the main facility, Caswell operated this unmanned
- Bridgewater, ME (P-80B) 46°25′15″N 068°01′28″W / 46.42083°N 68.02444°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. The 766th Radar Squadron was inactivated on 30 September 1980.
With its closure, Caswell Air Force Station became a
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 766th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950
- Activated at Limestone AFB (L-50), ME on 27 November 1950[1]
- Moved to Caswell AFS on 12 Apr 1951[1]
- Redesignated 766th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 October 1959
- Redesignated 766th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 30 September 1980
Assignments
- 540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group 12 Apr 1951
- 32d Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 4711th Defense Wing, 15 February 1953
- 32d Air Division, 1 March 1956
- Bangor Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958
- 36th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 35th Air Division, 15 September 1969
- 21st Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 30 September 1980
See also
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).
- Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, Washington DC (1989) ISBN 0-912799-53-6.
- 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).
- Information for Caswell AFS, ME