Condon Air Force Station

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Condon Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC)
Condon Air Force Station, circa 1962
Condon AFS Location of Condon AFS, Oregon
Coordinates	45°14′12″N 120°18′06″W / 45.23667°N 120.30167°W / 45.23667; -120.30167 (Condon AFS P-32)
Type	Air Force Station
Code	ADC ID: P-32, NORAD ID: Z-32
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1951
In use	1951-1970
Garrison information
Garrison	636th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Condon Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 5.7 miles (9.2 km) west of Condon, Oregon. It was closed in 1970.

History

Condon AFS was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the

The Air Force inactivated the 636th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 30 September 1970[1] as a result of budget restrictions, and the general phase down of air defense radar stations. Most of the site has been redeveloped for commercial use, the housing area being used as single-family homes.

Air Force units and assignments

Units:

• 636th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron activated on 21 May 1947 at
  Hamilton AFB, CA^[1]

Assignments:[1]

• 505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group
• 25th Air Division, 6 February 1952
• 4702d Defense Wing, 1 January 1953
• 9th Air Division, 8 October 1954
• 25th Air Division, 15 August 1958
• 4700th Air Defense Wing
  , 1 September 1958
• Spokane Air Defense Sector, 15 March 1960
• Seattle Air Defense Sector
  , 1 June 1963
• 26th Air Division, 1 April 1966
• 25th Air Division, 15 September 1969 – 30 September 1970

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
• List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons

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 13 February 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
• Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.
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  ]
• Information for Condon AFS, OR