Chandler Air Force Station
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Chandler Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
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Coordinates | 43°53′52″N 095°56′45″W / 43.89778°N 95.94583°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Code | ADC ID: P-18, NORAD ID: Z-18 |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1951 |
In use | 1951–1969 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Chandler Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Chandler, Minnesota, on the Buffalo Ridge in section 13 of Moulton Township, Murray County. It was closed in 1969.
History
In late 1951
The 787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at Moulton, MN on 27 June 1951. The site was equipped with
The site was named Chandler Air Force Station (AFS) on 1 December 1953. By 1959 these sets had been replaced by
During 1961 Chandler AFS joined the
Chandler AFS was later switched to SAGE Data Center DC-22 at
The Air Force ceased radar operations on 2 July 1969, and inactivated the 787th Radar Squadron on 30 September 1969. Air Force teams dismantled and removed the radars and communications equipment throughout the summer of 1969. Domes from the two height-finder radars were removed, leaving one dome over the search radar. A small unit remained for over a year to run that radar for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The government subsequently sold the radar site to a developer and the housing area to a group of investors. Buyers removed the homes and the developer salvaged materials from the radar site, but was unable to find a commercial tenant or buyer. Today what was Chandler AFS has been obliterated, demolished in June 1993 after sitting derelict for decades. A radio transmitter station now stands on the site, and what appears to be a large overgrown pile of concrete on the site which may be the remains of the Air Force structures. The site is located at 339 State Highway 91, Chandler MN 56122 under the county-wide 9-1-1 address system.
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated at Moulton, MN on 27 June 1951
- Site named Chandler Air Force Station, 1 December 1953
- Redesignated as 787th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 April 1961
- Inactivated on 30 September 1969
Assignments
- 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 27 June 1951
- 31st Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 20th Air Division, 1 January 1959
- Kansas City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
- Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, 1 March 1961
- Sioux City Air Defense Sector, 4 September 1963
- 30th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 29th Air Division, 1 July 1968 – 30 September 1969
See also
- List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
- United States general surveillance radar stations
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1887). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. ]
- Information for Chandler AFS, MN