Oceana NAS Radar Site

Oceana NAS Radar Site (1980-Active) - A Joint Use Radar Site first established in 1980 on Oceana Naval Air Station (NAS), Virginia Beach City, Virginia. Initially assigned a SAGE ID of Z-321, a JSS ID of J-01 an and a FAA ID of QVR. Active joint use (USAF/USN/FAA) Radar Site. Oceana NAS Radar Site History This site became a USN/USAF//FAA joint-use site in 1980, furnishing radar track data to the FAA, USAF, and USN. Initial radar equipment included an FPS-91A search radar and an FPS-116 Height finder. The FPS-116 was removed circa 1988. The FPS-91A was replaced by the ARSR-4 between 1996 and 1999. The ARSR-4 radar was capable of providing both search and height-finder information and is still in place. Site Personnel circ 1982 Radar Maintenance - 13 USAF Common Digitizer Maintenance - 4 USAF, 1 Civilian Radio Maintenance - 15 USN Material Control - 2 USAF Quality Control - 1 USAF The radar site data is now available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Washington DC ARTCC (ZDC) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Oceana NAS FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems Scopes Comm IFF/SIR/Beacon FPS-91A ARSR-4 FPS-116 FYQ-47 CD-2 GPA-127 Single Chan (12) Multi Chan (2) UPX-14 GPA-124 ATCBI-6M Current Status Oceana NAS Radar Site Roadside Sign. Active facility on Oceana NAS, Virginia Beach City, Virginia. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: On Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach City, Virginia. Maps & Images Lat: 36.82722 Long: -76.01361 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 16' GPS Locations: 36.82722, -76.01361 Oceana NAS Radar Site See Also: Washington DC ARTCC JSS System SAGE System US Radar Sets Cape Charles Air Force Station Sources: Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf, page 57, 162. FAA - Site Listing of Legacy Radars as of 23 Dec 2016. U.S. DoT - Recommendation on Transition from Primary/Secondary Radar to Secondary-Only Radar Capability 1994. FAA - Three Level Weather For ARTCC Displays - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 7110.14A, 14 Feb 1990. FAA - SSR/DMTI Modification - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 6340.20, 6 Jul 1988. ADTAC Communications Digest, July 1982, Tactical Air Command, page 32. Links: Radomes - Oceana NAS FAA Radar Site Wikipedia - Oceana NAS Visited: 2 Apr 2018