Klamath Air Force Station
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| Klamath Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
|---|---|
 Klamath Air Force Station 1977 | |
  Klamath AFS Location of Klamath AFS, California | |
| Coordinates | 41°33′33″N 124°05′10″W / 41.55917°N 124.08611°W |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1951 |
| In use | 1950–1981 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Klamath Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-33, NORAD ID: Z-33) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of Klamath, California, and was closed in 1981.
History
Klamath Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
The 777th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W Sq) was activated at the new station on 18 December 1950. The station initially was a "Lashup-Permanent" site (LP-33), operating an AN/TPS-1B radar. It joined the Permanent radar network,[2] and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.
From April 1952, the 777th AC&W Sq operated
During 1960, Klamath AFS joined the
By the end of 1961, the AN/FPS-20A long-range search radar had been upgraded and re-designated as an
In addition to the main facility, Klamath personnel operated one
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. In 1979, Klamath came under
After military use ceased, the site's residential housing area was used by the
See also
- List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
- United States general surveillance radar stations
References
Citations
- (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013.
- ^ a b c "Information for Klamath AFS (Crescent City), CA". Online Air Defense Radar Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d Winkler & Webster, p. 102
- ^ 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. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
Bibliography
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 14 December 2011.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L. (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF). Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013.
