Claysburg Air Force Station
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Claysburg Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
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Coordinates | 40°17′15″N 078°33′50″W / 40.28750°N 78.56389°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1952 |
In use | 1952-1961 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 772d Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron |
Claysburg Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-63) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Claysburg, Pennsylvania. It was closed in 1961 due to budget constraints. The unit was eventually moved to Gibbsboro Air Force Station (RP-63), New Jersey.
History
Claysburg Air Force Station was part of the last batch of twenty-three radar stations constructed as part of the
The 772d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began operations with an
During 1959 Claysburg AFS joined the
This site was closed in 1961 and the 772d Radar Squadron was repositioned to an existing Army Nike Missile site at Pedricktown, NJ, which became
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 772d Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron on 14 November 1950
- Activated at Connellsville, PA (L-16) on 27 November 1950
- Moved to Blue Knob Park, PA on 1 December 1951
- Blue Knob Park renamed Claysburg Air Force Station on 1 December 1953
- Redesignated 772d Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 February 1959
- Moved to Gibbsboro Air Force Station, NJ on 1 May 1961.
Assignments:
- 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 January 1951
- 26th Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 4710th Defense Wing, 16 February 1953
- 4708th Air Defense Wing, 1 March 1956
- 30th Air Division, 8 July 1956
- Syracuse Air Defense Sector, 15 August 1958 – 1 May 1961
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
- ^ Pedricktown Army Installation. Radomes.org (1961-01-15). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- 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).
External links
- Information for Claysburg AFS, PA
- Information for Pedricktown Army Installation (accessed 13 Dec 2011)