Finland Air Force Station
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| Finland Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
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  Finland AFS Location of Finland AFS, Minnesota | |
| Coordinates | 47°27′13″N 091°14′15″W / 47.45361°N 91.23750°W |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Code | ADC ID: P-69, NORAD ID: Z-69 |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1950 |
| In use | 1950–1989 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Finland Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north of Finland, Minnesota. It was closed in 1980.
In 1950
History
Finland Air Force Station began as a "Lashup-Permanent" radar site (LP-69) with the 756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron operating an
During 1959 Finland AFS joined the
In 1961 the search radar was upgraded and redesignated as an
In addition to the main facility, Calumet operated the following
- Upson, WI (P-69B) 46°25′10″N 090°23′06″W / 46.41944°N 90.38500°W
- Askov, MN (P-69C) 46°14′12″N 092°44′32″W / 46.23667°N 92.74222°W
- Aurora, MN (P-69D) 47°35′53″N 092°13′27″W / 47.59806°N 92.22417°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. Finland came under
Today the radar station is largely abandoned. The former Air Force Housing area was in use as single-family housing, but is now also mostly abandoned.
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 756th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 14 November 1950
- Activated on 27 November 1950
- Redesignated as 756th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 15 December 1959
- Redesignated as 756th Radar Squadron on 1 February 1974
- Inactivated on 15 June 1980
Assignments:
- 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 January 1951
- 31st Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 37th Air Division, 1 July 1959
- 30th Air Division, 1 April 1959
- Duluth Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1959
- 29th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 34th Air Division, 15 September 1969
- 23d Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 15 June 1980
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. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 Archived 13 February 2016 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).
- Information for Finland AFS, MN
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