Fox Harbour Air Station

Fox Harbour Air Station
Part of Pinetree Line
Labrador, Canada
Emblem of the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Coordinates	52°22′12″N 055°39′52″W / 52.37000°N 55.66444°W / 52.37000; -55.66444 (Fox Harbour AS N-27C)
Type	Radar Station
Code	N-27C
Site information
Controlled by	Aerospace Defense Command
Site history
Built	1957
Built by	United States Air Force
In use	1957-1961

Fox Harbour AS

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Location of Fox Harbour Air Station, Labrador

Fox Harbour Air Station (ADC ID: N-27C) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in St. Lewis in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located 210 miles (340 km) southeast of CFB Goose Bay.^[1] It was closed in 1961.

History

The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.

The station was assigned to

• 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire 26 May 1953

Moved to Cartwright Air Station, 1 October 1953

Discontinued 1961^[3]

Assignments:

• 4732d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957
• Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960

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

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Winkler, David F. (1997) Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.