Kirksville Air Force Station
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Kirksville Air Force Station ARSR-1 Radar at the former Kirksville Air Force Station | |
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Coordinates | 40°17′52″N 092°34′32″W / 40.29778°N 92.57556°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1952 |
In use | 1952–1968 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 790th Aircraft Control and Warning (Later Radar) Squadron |
Kirksville Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-64, NORAD ID: Z-64) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) north of Kirksville, Missouri. It was closed by the Air Force in 1968. Today the radar site is used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a Joint Surveillance System (JSS) site.
History
Kirksville Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
Activated at Sublette, MO on 1 May 1951 the 790th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began operations with a pair of
The station was renamed Kirksville Air Force Station (AFS) on 1 December 1953. One AN/FPS-10 height-finder radar was phased out in 1958 with the arrival of two
During 1959 Kirksville AFS joined the
In addition to the main facility, Kirksville operated an
- Washington, IA (P-64A) 41°16′17″N 091°44′41″W / 41.27139°N 91.74472°W
Kirksville began SAGE operations in 1959. The Air Force inactivated the 790th on 8 September 1968, closing the station on 30 September. After the Air Force inactivated, it was taken over by the
The USAF facilities are now largely obliterated, a few old buildings overgrown with vegetation remain.
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 790th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 1 May 1951
- Redesignated as 790th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 November 1959
- Discontinued and inactivated on 8 September 1968
Assignments
- 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 May 1951
- 33d Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 20th Air Division, 1 March 1956
- 37th Air Division, 15 October 1958
- 30th Air Division, 1 April 1959
- Chicago Air Defense Sector, 1 June 1959
- 20th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 30th Air Division, 1 December 1957 – 8 September 1968
See also
- United States 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 17 December 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. ]
- Information for Kirksville AFS, MO