Yaak Air Force Station

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Yaak Air Force Station
Part of
Pine Tree Line[1]
Located at
Hensley Hill[2] in Lincoln County, Montana;[1] 25.1 miles (40.4 km) west of Rexford (
Air Defense Command
Conditiondemolished
Site history
In use1951-60
Garrison information
Garrison680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Unmanned Gap Filler radar annexes[3]
  • P-11A (
    Porthill, Idaho
48°59′36″N 116°28′51″W / 48.99333°N 116.48083°W / 48.99333; -116.48083 (P-11A)
48°51′53″N 115°07′32″W / 48.86472°N 115.12556°W / 48.86472; -115.12556 (P-11B)
48°45′48″N 116°12′34″W / 48.76333°N 116.20944°W / 48.76333; -116.20944 (P-11C)
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Yaak Air Force Station was an

AN/GPS-3 in 1957.[6]

The station included living quarters for 172 people (including a 3-story barracks),[7] 24 concrete trailer pads, motor pool building, plumbing/carpenter shop, paint house, mess hall, officers' club, office buildings, and dispensary.[1] The "Dirty Shame Saloon" was established in a metal hut during 1951 just outside the main gate.[8] Captain Robert Rice was the commander in 1954, and a recreation building, base exchange, and NCO club were available in 1955. A Rod and Gun Club was established in 1956.[9]

The 680th AC&W Squadron was inactivated on 1 July 1960. The station was converted into an unmanned gap-filler radar site in 1960, and redesignated SM-151E,

U.S. Forest Service. The main portion of the station was transferred by the Corps of Engineers to the Forest Service in 1965.[citation needed
]

In 2014 a small 0.19 acres (0.077 ha) parcel of "Yaak Air Force Base" surrounded by land of a single landowner was transferred.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  2. ^ "Source of Local Landmark Names - Yaak Valley Forest Council". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Information for Yaak AFS (Bonner's Ferry), MT". Radomes.org.
  4. ^ [full citation needed]Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  5. Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. [verification needed
    ]. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  6. ^
    LCCN 97020912. Archived
    from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Yaak names". theyaak.com. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Teatotaling clergyman and wife take over Dirty Shame Saloon". 12 July 2006.
  9. ^ "The following articles from 1954 – 1956 are newsclippings taken from the Western News of Libby, Montana, and represent what wa". www.radomes.org.
  10. ^ "Schedule Of Proposed Action - 07/01/2013 to 09/30/2013 - Kootenai National Forest". www.fs.fed.us.
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