Kokee Air Force Station

Kokee Air Force Station (1961-Active) - A Cold War Air Force Radar Station first established in 1961 on the Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. Named Kokee Air Force Station after the location atop Mount Kokee. Became a joint use (FAA/USAF) radar site in the JSS System with a JSS ID of H-02. Active radar site operated by the Hawaii Air National Guard. Kokee Air Force Station Established in 1961 on a 10 acre site with a construction cost of $376,376 as Kokee Air Force Station manned by the 150th AC&W Squadron (HANG). The station initially had both a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and early warning misssion. The early warning mission involved tracking and identifing all aircraft entering their airspace while the GCI mission involved guiding Air Force interceptors to any identified enemy aircraft. Controllers at the station vectored fighter aircraft at the correct course and speed to intercept enemy aircraft using voice commands via ground-to-air radio. Initial equipment included the FPS-20A search radar and an FPS-6 height finder radar. The search radar was later upgraded to an FPS-93A. A FPS-117v4 minimally attended radar was relocated in 1994 from Galena Radar Site in Alaska. Kokee AFS Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems FPS-20A FPS-93A FPS-117v4 FPS-6 ? Current Status Active radar site operated by the Hawaii Air National Guard. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Mount Kokee on the Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. Maps & Images Lat: 22.14778 Long: -159.645 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 4,200' See Also: JSS System Permanent System Radar Sites US Radar Sets Wheeler Regional Operations Control Center Sources: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512422 Links: Radomes - Kokee Air Force Station Radomes - 1918 USAF Fact Sheet Visited: No