Winston-Salem Air Force Station
This article includes a improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2012) ) |
Winston-Salem Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
---|---|
Coordinates | 36°02′30″N 080°08′18″W / 36.04167°N 80.13833°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1956 |
In use | 1956-1970 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 810th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron |
Winston-Salem Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-130 NORAD ID: Z-130) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station that was active from 1956 to 1970. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
History
Winston-Salem AFS was established in 1954 by
This site became operational on 1 December 1956 when the 810th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to Winston-Salem AFS with
During 1962 Winston-Salem AFS joined the
In addition to the main facility, Winston-Salem AFS operated an
- Allen, NC (M-130B/Z-130B): 35°13′31″N 080°38′07″W / 35.22528°N 80.63528°W
The 810th was inactivated on 31 July 1970 as part of a general reduction of Aerospace Defense Command air defense units.
Today some former USAF buildings now used as part of a light industrial complex. The large AN/FPS-24 tower still stands, as well as most of the support buildings and barracks. The housing area is in private hands. Some of the buildings are used by ARCA Addiction Recovery Care Association and Google offers an excellent view at http://goo.gl/maps/MJQ27 where the radar building can be seen clearly without the radar that was once on top of the structure. During the late 1960s the base was visited by both Club and Boy Scout troops as part of a Merit Badge exercise.
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 810th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated at Dobbins AFB(M-111), GA on 20 June 1953 (not equipped or manned)
- Moved to Andrews AFB(SM-171), MD on 1 July 1956 (not equipped or manned)
- Moved to Winston-Salem AFS on 1 December 1956
- Redesignated as 810th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 March 1962
- Inactivated on 31 July 1970
Assignments
- 85th Air Division, 1 July 1956
- 35th Air Division, 1 September 1958
- 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958
- Washington Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
- 33d Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 20th Air Division, 19 November 1969 – 31 July 1970
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
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, 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 Winston-Salem AFS, NC