Norton Manual Direction Center P-84

Norton Manual Direction Center P-84 (1952-1959) - A Cold War Manual Radar System Direction Center first established in 1952 on Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. Named after the location and assigned to 27th Air Division (Defense). Assigned a Permanent System ID of P-84. Deactivated as a Manual Direction Center in 1959. History Established in 1951 and became operational on 6 Feb 1952 as Norton Manual Direction Center P-84. The Norton Manual Direction Center P-84 remained operational until 1 Oct 1959 when the nearby Norton SAGE Direction Center DC-17 went operational. Norton Manual Direction Center P-84 Radar Sites (edit list) Location Type State Unit ADC NORAD JSS From To GPS Notes Santa Rosa AFS CA 669th P-15 1952-02-06 1959-10-01 33.94554, -120.11725 Moved to Lompac San Clemente AFS CA 670th P-39 1952-02-06 1959-10-01 32.97694, -118.55278 Moved to San Pedro Hill Mount Laguna AFS CA 751st P-76 Z-76 J-30 1952-02-06 1959-10-01 32.87667, -116.415 To Norton DC-17 Boron AFS CA 750th P-59 Z-59 1952-02-06 1959-10-01 35.07889, -117.57917 To Norton DC-17 Kingman AFS AZ 659th M-128 1953-06-20 1958-08-15 35.197478, -114.041251 Closed 1958 Cambria AFS CA 775th P-02 Z-02 1954-10-01 1959-10-01 35.52222, -121.06361 To Norton DC-17 Vincent AFB AZ 864th SM-162 1955-08-08 1959-10-01 32.65381, -114.59090 Closed 1961 Las Vegas AFS NV 865th SM-163 Z-163 1956-04-01 1959-10-01 36.31861, -115.57528 To Norton DC-17 Current Status Manual Direction Center repurposed on Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Former Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. Maps & Images Lat: 34.10431 Long: -117.21853 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: yyyyy' See Also: Permanent Radar System Direction Centers Permanent System Radar Sites Manual System Sources: Cornett, Lloyd H. & Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization (1946-1980), Office of History ADC, Peterson AFB, Colorado, 31 Dec 1980, 179 pages, Pdf, page 54. Links: Radomes - Norton Manual Direction Center Visited: 28 Oct 2014