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With the outbreak of the Korean War a new emphasis on air defense made the Permanent System radar network a high priority and the network rapidly took shape, underwent several expansions and by the end of 1958 it was essentially complete. The operational areas of the permanent system Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W) radar sites typically contained a single long-range search radar and two height-finder radars feeding into a standardized operations building. Radarscope operators passed aircraft positions to personnel who plotted the path of aircraft on a plexiglass plotting board with grease pencils. For "unknown" aircraft, weapons controllers could scramble and direct fighter aircraft to identify unknown aircraft and shoot them down if necessary.
In October 1949 the Air Force commissioned the Chicago firm of Holabird Root & Burgee to design the entire command & control infrastructure system including the radar sites and command centers. By August 1951, ADC had emplaced only one AC&W radar squadron with modern, permanent equipment along with the first windowless, semi-hardened command and control Direction Center at McChord Air Force Base (P-4). Holabird Root & Burgee designed what would become the operations complex at the Permanent System AC&W sites with two different types of Operations buildings, types 2 and 3, with the type 2 being the most familiar one. The design included a single story power plant.
At the beginning of 1952, 14 more AC&W squadrons were operational, with the remaining AC&W squadrons and 10 of the 11 command and control Direction Centers nearly complete by the end of 1952. These centers were each assigned to an Air Defense Division. An ADC combat operations center at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado, built in 1954, coordinated the network. Follow-on programs expanded the original 85 site program. It should be noted that some sources refer to the 75 original "P" designated sites and others indicate that there were 85 original "P" designated radar sites. The "P" designation numbers did go to 85 but only 75 of those applied to radar sites, the other 10 were applied to Permanent Radar System Direction Centers.
By the end of 1957, just before the SAGE System implementation, there were 182 operational AC&W radar sites with 17 operational manual Direction centers. The breakdown included 17 Direction centers, 75 permanent system sites, 47 gap filler sites, 39 semi-mobile sites, 19 Pinetree Line sites and one lone Lashup site.
Each of the AC&W radar sites was connected to a Manual Direction Center by voice and teletype lines. Each direction center coordinated the activities of a larger geographic area and could manage a battle situation. The direction centers connected to one of three (East, Central, West) command centers and the three command centers were connected to the Headquarters command center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This system was a manual system dependent on human interactions at every level from detection to intercept.
Manual Radar System Implementation
| Radar System
|
Phase
|
Sites
|
Sequence
|
Approval
|
Notes
|
| Permanent |
I |
24 |
P 1-35 |
2 Dec 1948 |
|
| Permanent |
II |
28 |
P 36-60 |
21 Jul 1950 |
|
| Permanent |
III |
23 |
P 61-85 |
|
|
Mobile Radar
Augmentation |
I |
29 |
M 87-131 |
|
|
Mobile Radar
Augmentation |
II |
20 |
SM 132-165 |
18 Oct 1952. |
|
Mobile Radar
Augmentation |
III |
21 |
TM 177-201 |
January 1954 |
|
| Texas Towers |
|
3 |
TT 2-4 |
|
|
| Missile Master |
|
1 |
MM 1 |
|
|
| National Guard |
|
1 |
CW 59 |
|
|
As the Permanent System came to maturity between 1958 and 1960, it was converted to the SAGE System site by site. This was done by adding a large SAGE Annex to the existing operations buildings and as a follow-on, to convert one of the existing radio buildings (usually the transmitter building) into a new GATR building. Within the SAGE Annex, an FST-2 was installed to process and send radar data to the FSQ-7 direction center computer. Most permanent System radar sites converted to SAGE operation were designated with a "Z" number like Z-100 for the prime site and Z-100A for an associated gap-filler. The expectation in 1960 was that there would be 194 prime radar sites, 207 gap-filler sites and that 99 of the prime sites would have Frequency Diversity (FD) radar sets. Both the gap-filler program and the FD radar programs were disasters. Virtually all of the gap-fillers were closed by the mid-1960s and the very expensive FD radars hung on until the antenna problems became so costly that they were shut down and replaced with smaller sets or the sites were simply closed. One example of the FD radar troubles is the Mount Hebo Air Force Station FPS-24.
Major Radar Sites (Permanent/SAGE/BUIC) (edit list)
| Site
|
State
|
Unit
|
ADC
|
SAGE
|
Phase
|
Control DC
|
From
|
To
|
GPS
|
Notes
|
| Aiken
|
SC
|
861st
|
SM-159
|
Z-159
|
7
|
DC-09 Jul 61
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1955
|
1975
|
33.64611,
-81.67667
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Ajo
|
AZ
|
612th
|
TM-181
|
Z-181
|
|
DC-17 Jan 60
DC-21 May 61
|
1958
|
1969
|
32.43111,
-112.945
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Almaden
|
CA
|
682nd
|
M-096
|
Z-096
|
6
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-17 Aug 63
DC-13 Apr 66
DC-21 Sep 69
|
1958
|
1980
|
37.15944,
-121.90028
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Amarillo
|
TX
|
688th
|
M-088
|
Z-088
|
6
|
|
1954
|
1968
|
35.24611,
-101.65694
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Antigo
|
WI
|
676th
|
P-19
|
Z-019
|
3
|
DC-14 Apr 60
DC-10 Oct 63
DC-07 Jun 64
DC-22 Dec 67
DC-06 Jul 68
DC-10 Nov 69
|
1952
|
1977
|
45.04833,
-89.23389
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Arlington Heights
|
IL
|
755th
|
RP-31
|
Z-031
|
|
DC-07 Jun 59
DC-22 Dec 67
DC-06 Jul 68
|
1960
|
1969
|
42.06431,
-87.99556
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Baker
|
OR
|
821st
|
SM-149
|
Z-149
|
7
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-16 Sep 60
|
1959
|
1968
|
44.58639,
-117.78722
|
|
| Bartlesville
|
OK
|
796th
|
P-77
|
|
4
|
|
1952
|
1961
|
36.76222,
-96.03833
|
|
| Baudette
|
MN
|
692nd
|
SM-132
|
Z-132
|
7
|
DC-10 Jul 59
|
1958
|
1979
|
48.66992,
-94.62081
|
BUIC III
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Bedford
|
VA
|
649th
|
M-121
|
Z-121
|
6
|
DC-04 Sep 58
|
1956
|
1975
|
37.51722,
-79.51028
|
FAA Site
|
| Bellefontaine
|
OH
|
664th
|
P-73
|
Z-073
|
3
|
DC-06 Apr 59
|
1952
|
1969
|
40.36984,
-83.72014
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Belleville
|
IL
|
798th
|
P-70
|
Z-070
|
4
|
DC-07 Jul 61
DC-22 Dec 67
|
1951
|
1968
|
38.47556,
-89.90583
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Benton
|
PA
|
648th
|
P-30
|
Z-030
|
2
|
DC-02 Jan 57
DC-03 Aug 58
DC-02 Sep 63
DC-05 Apr 66
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1951
|
1975
|
41.35694,
-76.29028
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Blaine
|
WA
|
757th
|
P-46
|
Z-046
|
3
|
DC-12 Mar 60
|
1951
|
1979
|
48.91333,
-122.73444
|
BUIC II
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Boron
|
CA
|
750th
|
P-59
|
Z-059
|
3
|
DC-17 Oct 59
DC-21 Apr 66
|
1952
|
1975
|
35.07889,
-117.57917
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Brookfield
|
OH
|
662nd
|
P-62
|
|
3
|
|
1952
|
1959
|
41.21917,
-80.56194
|
|
| Brunswick
|
ME
|
654th
|
P-13
|
Z-013
|
|
DC-05 Aug 58
DC-02 Aug 62
|
1951
|
1965
|
43.89556,
-69.92333
|
|
| Buckley
|
CO
|
138th
|
CW-59
|
|
|
|
1956
|
1963
|
39.71667,
-104.77639
|
Moved to Greely in 1963
|
| Bucks Harbor
|
ME
|
907th
|
M-110
|
Z-110
|
6
|
DC-05 Aug 58
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1953
|
1979
|
44.62944,
-67.39528
|
|
| Burns
|
OR
|
634th
|
M-118
|
Z-118
|
6
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-16 Sep 60
DC-13 Apr 66
DC-12 Sep 69
|
1955
|
1974
|
43.5625,
-119.15139
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Calumet
|
MI
|
665th
|
P-16
|
Z-016
|
2
|
DC-14 Apr 60
DC-10 Oct 63
|
1951
|
1988
|
47.37111,
-88.17056
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Cambria
|
CA
|
775th
|
P-02
|
Z-002
|
3
|
DC-17 Oct 59
DC-21 Apr 66
|
1951
|
1980
|
35.52222,
-121.06361
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Cape Charles
|
VA
|
771st
|
P-56
|
Z-056
|
3
|
DC-04 Sep 58
|
1950
|
1981
|
37.13278,
-75.95306
|
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Carmi
|
IL
|
704th
|
SM-137
|
|
7
|
|
1955
|
1957
|
38.094483,
-88.117841
|
Manned Gap Filler
|
| Cartwright
|
NL
|
922nd
|
N-27
|
|
|
|
1953
|
1968
|
53.72444,
-56.96417
|
To RCAF 1968
|
| Caswell
|
ME
|
766th
|
P-80
|
Z-080
|
|
DC-05 Aug 58
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1952
|
1980
|
46.97083,
-67.83444
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Chandler
|
MN
|
787th
|
P-18
|
Z-018
|
4
|
DC-11 Mar 61
DC-22 Sep 63
|
1951
|
1969
|
43.89778,
-95.94583
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Charleston
|
ME
|
765th
Det. 6,
14 MWS
|
P-65
|
Z-065
|
|
DC-05 May 59
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1952
|
1980
|
45.0896,
-69.09518
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Cherry Point
|
NC
|
614th
|
M-116
|
Z-116
|
6
|
DC-04 Jul 61
|
1958
|
1963
|
34.902778,
-76.886111
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Claysburg
|
PA
|
772nd
|
P-63
|
|
3
|
DC-03 Aug 58
|
1952
|
1961
|
40.2875,
-78.56389
|
Moved to Pedricktown AI
(Gibbsboro)
|
| Colville
|
WA
|
760th
|
P-60
|
|
2
|
DC-15 Mar 60
|
1950
|
1961
|
48.59083,
-117.58861
|
|
| Condon
|
OR
|
636th
|
P-32
|
Z-032
|
3
|
DC-15 Mar 60
DC-12 Jun 63
|
1951
|
1970
|
45.23667,
-120.30167
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Continental Divide
|
NM
|
769th
|
P-07
|
|
2
|
|
1952
|
1961
|
35.389167,
-108.353333
|
|
| Cottonwood
|
ID
|
822nd
|
SM-150
|
Z-150
|
7
|
DC-15 Mar 60
DC-12 Jun 63
|
1958
|
1965
|
46.06694,
-116.46417
|
|
| Cross City
|
FL
|
691st
|
TM-200
|
Z-200
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1958
|
1970
|
29.63461,
-83.09886
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Crystal Springs
|
MS
|
627th
|
TM-195
|
Z-195
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
|
1958
|
1968
|
31.97917,
-90.34444
|
|
| Curlew
|
WA
|
638th
|
P-06
|
|
2
|
|
1950
|
1959
|
48.877222,
-118.785556
|
|
| Custer
|
MI
|
781st
|
P-67
|
Z-067
|
|
DC-06 Apr 59
|
1952
|
1965
|
42.34222,
-85.28028
|
|
| Cut Bank
|
MT
|
681st
|
P-24
|
Z-024
|
4
|
DC-20 Jul 60
|
1952
|
1965
|
48.94222,
-112.80583
|
|
| Dallas Center
|
IA
|
650th
|
M-122
|
|
|
|
1955
|
1957
|
41.71819,
-93.90528
|
|
| Dauphin Island
|
AL
|
693rd
635th
|
TM-196
|
Z-196
Z-249
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1958
1972
|
1974
1980
|
30.25028,
-88.07833
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Dickinson
|
ND
|
706th
|
TM-177
|
Z-177
|
8
|
DC-19 Jan 61
DC-20 Jun 63
|
1959
|
1965
|
46.92056,
-102.73222
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Duncanville
|
TX
|
745th
|
P-78
|
|
4
|
|
1953
|
1969
|
32.64861,
-96.90694
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Eagle Pass
|
TX
|
733rd
|
TM-188
|
|
8
|
|
1957
|
1963
|
28.86,
-100.52694
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Ellington
|
TX
|
747th
|
P-79
|
Z-079
Z-240
|
4
|
|
1952
|
1979
|
29.61556,
-95.17306
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Ellsworth
|
SD
|
740th
|
M-097
|
|
6
|
DC-19 Jan 61
|
1954
|
1962
|
44.15542,
-103.08489
|
|
| Empire
|
MI
|
752nd
|
P-34
|
Z-034
|
|
DC-14 Apr 60
DC-06 Jul 63
DC-10 Nov 69
|
1951
|
1978
|
44.8025,
-86.05306
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| England
|
LA
|
653rd
|
M-125
|
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1963
|
31.31442,
-92.53069
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Eufaula
|
AL
|
609th
|
TM-199
|
Z-199
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
|
1958
|
1968
|
31.88139,
-85.25361
|
|
| Fallon
|
NV
|
858th
|
SM-156
|
Z-156
|
7
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-16 Sep 60
DC-13 Apr 66
DC-21 Sep 69
|
1956
|
1975
|
39.40528,
-118.72206
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Finland
|
MN
|
756th
|
P-69
|
Z-069
|
|
DC-10 Jul 59
|
1950
|
1989
|
47.45361,
-91.2375
|
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Finley
|
ND
|
785th
|
P-29
|
Z-029
Z-303
|
4
|
DC-11 Apr 59
DC-10 Sep 63
|
1952
|
1979
|
47.51583,
-97.86861
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Flintstone
|
GA
|
867th
|
SM-165
|
|
7
|
|
1955
|
1961
|
34.956944,
-85.381944
|
|
| Fordland
|
MO
|
797th
|
P-68
|
|
4
|
|
1951
|
1961
|
37.15417,
-92.87583
|
|
| Fort Fisher
|
NC
|
701st
Det. 5,
14 MWS
|
M-115
|
Z-115
|
6
|
DC-04 Jul 61
|
1955
|
1988
|
33.99,
-77.91833
|
BUIC III
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Fort Heath
|
MA
|
820th
|
MM-1
|
MM-1
|
|
DC-02 Oct 59
|
1959
|
1962
|
42.38889,
-70.96944
|
|
| Fort Lawton
|
WA
|
635th
|
RP-01
|
Z-001
|
|
DC-12 Jun 60
|
1961
|
1963
|
47.6575,
-122.41306
|
FAA Site
|
| Fort Meade
|
MD
|
770th
|
RP-54
|
Z-227
|
|
DC-04 Oct 61
|
1961
|
1979
|
39.116343,
-76.727277
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Fortuna
|
ND
|
780th
|
P-27
|
Z-027
|
4
|
DC-19 Jan 61
DC-20 Jun 63
|
1952
|
1979
|
48.90389,
-103.86667
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Gettysburg
|
SD
|
903rd
|
M-099
|
Z-099
|
6
|
DC-11 Sep 63
DC-22 Sep 63
|
1956
|
1968
|
45.04972,
-99.95611
|
|
| Gibbsboro
|
NJ
|
772nd
|
RP-63
|
Z-063
|
|
DC-01 May 61
DC-03 Dec 67
|
1961
|
1984
|
39.82417,
-74.95444
|
|
| Grand Rapids
|
MN
|
707th
|
SM-138
|
Z-138
|
7
|
DC-10 Jul 59
|
1956
|
1963
|
47.24028,
-93.515
|
|
| Greely
|
CO
|
138th
|
|
Z-239
|
|
|
1963
|
1971
|
40.42408,
-104.63921
|
Moved from Buckley in 1963
|
| Guthrie
|
WV
|
783rd
|
P-43
|
Z-043
|
|
DC-06 Jul 61
|
1951
|
1968
|
38.44306,
-81.68056
|
|
| Hanna City
|
IL
|
791st
|
P-85
|
Z-085
|
|
DC-07 Jun 59
|
1952
|
1968
|
40.69889,
-89.82583
|
|
| Hastings
|
NE
|
625th
|
SM-133
|
Z-133
|
7
|
DC-22 Jan 62
|
1962
|
1968
|
40.58,
-98.29
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Havre
|
MT
|
778th
|
P-25
|
Z-025
|
4
|
DC-20 Jul 60
|
1951
|
1979
|
48.88083,
-109.945
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Highlands
|
NJ
|
646th
|
P-09
|
Z-009
|
2
|
DC-01 Jul 58
|
1948
|
1966
|
40.39139,
-73.99389
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Houma
|
LA
|
657th
|
M-126
|
Z-126
|
6
|
DC-09 Nov 59
|
1955
|
1970
|
29.5625,
-90.675
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Hutchinson
|
KS
|
793rd
|
P-47
|
Z-047
|
4
|
DC-22 Jul 61
|
1952
|
1968
|
37.92611,
-97.88694
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Jacksonville
|
FL
|
679th
|
M-114
|
Z-114
|
6
|
DC-09 Jul 61
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1962
|
1981
|
30.22138,
-81.68266
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Joelton
|
TN
|
799th
|
SM-145
|
|
7
|
|
1957
|
1963
|
36.33697,
-86.86098
|
|
| Kalispell
|
MT
|
716th
|
TM-179
|
Z-179
|
8
|
DC-20 Jul 60
DC-12 Nov 69
|
1959
|
1978
|
48.01139,
-114.36472
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Keno
|
OR
|
827th
|
TM-180
|
Z-180
|
8
|
DC-13 Mar 60
DC-12 Sep 69
|
1957
|
1979
|
42.06889,
-121.97222
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Key West
|
FL
|
671st
|
|
Z-209
|
|
DC-09 Jun 62
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1962
|
1988
|
24.584444,
-81.688472
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
ARSR-4
|
| Killeen
|
TX
|
814th
|
TM-192
|
|
8
|
|
1958
|
1961
|
31.05111,
-97.8625
|
|
| Kingman
|
AZ
|
659th
|
M-128
|
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1958
|
35.197222,
-114.041111
|
|
| Kirksville
|
MO
|
790th
|
P-64
|
Z-064
|
4
|
DC-07 Jun 59
|
1952
|
1968
|
40.29778,
-92.57556
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
FAA Site
|
| Klamath
|
CA
|
777th
|
P-33
|
Z-033
|
4
|
DC-13 Mar 60
DC-12 Sep 69
|
1950
|
1981
|
41.55917,
-124.08611
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Lackland
|
TX
|
741st
|
P-75
|
Z-075
|
4
|
|
1953
|
1969
|
29.38806,
-98.63306
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Lake Charles
|
LA
|
812th
634th
|
TM-194
|
Z-248
|
|
|
1958
1973
|
1961
1976
|
30.184722,
-93.175
|
|
| Lake City
|
TN
|
663rd
|
P-42
|
|
3
|
|
1952
|
1961
|
36.197944,
-84.23075
|
|
| Laredo
|
TX
|
Det 8,
14 MWS
|
|
Z-230
|
|
|
1956
|
1974
|
27.61889,
-99.38667
|
|
| Las Cruces
|
NM
|
685th
|
M-095
|
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1963
|
32.259444,
-106.976667
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Las Vegas
|
NV
|
865th
|
SM-163
|
Z-163
|
7
|
DC-17 Oct 59
DC-21 May 61
|
1956
|
1970
|
36.31861,
-115.57528
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
FAA Site
|
| Lewistown
|
MT
|
694th
|
TM-178
|
Z-178
|
8
|
DC-20 Jul 60
|
1958
|
1971
|
47.21754,
-109.22194
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Lockport
|
NY
|
763st
|
P-21
|
Z-021
|
|
DC-03 Sep 58
DC-06 Sep 63
DC-03 Sep 69
|
1951
|
1979
|
43.14028,
-78.83472
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Lompoc
|
CA
|
669th
|
RP-15
|
Z-015
|
2
|
DC-17 Apr 63
DC-21 Apr 66
|
1963
|
1968
|
34.56583,
-120.50028
|
|
| Lufkin
|
TX
|
815th
|
TM-193
|
|
8
|
|
1957
|
1961
|
31.42139,
-94.80278
|
|
| Lyndonville
|
VT
|
911th
|
M-103
|
Z-103
|
6
|
DC-05 Aug 58
DC-02 Aug 62
|
1956
|
1963
|
44.66528,
-71.77111
|
|
| MacDill
|
FL
|
660th
Det 7,
14 MWS
|
M-129
|
Z-129
|
6
|
DC-09 Nov 59
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1954
|
1980
|
27.83439,
-82.47184
|
|
| Madera
|
CA
|
774th
|
P-74
|
Z-074
|
4
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-17 Aug 63
|
1950
|
1966
|
37.03528,
-120.03306
|
|
| Makah
|
WA
|
758th
|
P-44
|
Z-044
|
2
|
DC-12 Mar 60
|
1951
|
1988
|
48.37167,
-124.675
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Malmstrom
|
MT
|
801st
|
SM-147
|
Z-147
|
7
|
DC-20 Jul 60
|
1957
|
1969
|
47.50193,
-111.20283
|
|
| Manassas
|
VA
|
647th
|
P-55
|
Z-055
|
3
|
DC-04 Sep 58
|
1952
|
1965
|
38.62778,
-77.43833
|
|
| Marietta
|
GA
|
908th
|
M-111
|
Z-111
|
6
|
DC-09 Jul 61
|
1959
|
1968
|
33.89411,
-84.49876
|
|
| Mather
|
CA
|
668th
|
P-58
|
Z-058
|
3
|
DC-18 Jul 60
|
1950
|
1966
|
38.553889,
-121.269167
|
FAA Site
|
| McChord
|
WA
|
635th
|
P-01
|
|
2
|
|
1951
|
1960
|
47.124167,
-122.492222
|
Moved to Fort Lawton
|
| Mica Peak
|
WA
|
823rd
|
SM-151
|
Z-151
|
7
|
DC-15 Mar 60
DC 12 Jun 63
|
1956
|
1979
|
47.5740576,
-117.0812613
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Miles City
|
MT
|
902nd
|
M-098
|
Z-098
|
6
|
DC-19 Jan 61
DC-20 Jun 63
|
1954
|
1968
|
46.29694,
-105.97833
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Mill Valley
|
CA
|
666th
Det 3,
14 MWS
|
P-38
|
Z-038
|
2
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-13 Aug 63
DC-21 1969
|
1951
|
1980
|
37.92389,
-122.59694
|
FAA Site
|
| Minot
|
ND
|
786th
|
P-28
|
Z-028
|
4
|
DC-19 Jan 61
DC-20 Jun 63
|
1951
|
1979
|
48.00361,
-101.29444
|
|
| Montauk
|
NY
|
773rd
|
P-45
|
Z-045
|
3
|
DC-01 ??? 58
DC-03 Dec 67
|
1948
|
1981
|
41.0675,
-71.90556
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Moriarty
|
NM
|
768th
|
P-51
|
|
2
|
|
1952
|
1961
|
35.030556,
-105.816667
|
|
| Mount Hebo
|
OR
|
689th
Det 2,
14 MWS
|
M-100
|
Z-100
|
6
|
DC-13 Mar 60
|
1957
|
1979
|
45.21583,
-123.75778
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Mount Laguna
|
CA
|
751st
Det 4,
14 MWS
|
P-76
|
Z-076
|
3
|
DC-17 ??? 61
DC-21 Apr 66
|
1952
|
1981
|
32.87667,
-116.415
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Mount Lemmon
|
AZ
|
684th
|
M-092
|
Z-092
|
6
|
DC-17 Jan 60
DC-21 May 61
|
1956
|
1969
|
32.44167,
-110.78944
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Naselle
|
WA
|
759th
|
P-57
|
Z-057
|
2
|
DC-12 Mar 60
|
1950
|
1966
|
46.42194,
-123.79806
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| North Bend
|
OR
|
761st
|
P-12
|
Z-012
|
4
|
DC-13 Mar 60
|
1952
|
1980
|
43.53333,
-124.17639
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| North Charleston
|
SC
|
792nd
|
M-113
|
Z-113
|
6
|
DC-04 Jul 61
|
1955
|
1980
|
32.89556,
-80.02222
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| North Truro
|
MA
|
762nd
|
P-10
|
Z-010
|
2
|
DC-02 Oct 56
|
1951
|
1994
|
42.03149,
-70.05329
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Oakdale
|
PA
|
662nd
|
RP-62
|
Z-062
|
|
DC-06 Jun 60
|
1959
|
1969
|
40.39722,
-80.16111
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Oklahoma City
|
OK
|
746th
|
P-52
|
Z-052
|
4
|
|
1952
|
1968
|
35.4025,
-97.35861
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Olathe
|
KS
|
738th
|
P-72
|
Z-072
|
|
DC-22 Jul 61
|
1951
|
1968
|
38.835,
-94.90444
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Omaha
|
NE
|
789th
|
P-71
|
Z-071
|
4
|
DC-22 Jul 61
|
1951
|
1968
|
41.36083,
-96.02444
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Opheim
|
MT
|
779th
|
P-26
|
Z-026
|
4
|
DC-19 Jan 61
DC-20 Jun 63
|
1951
|
1979
|
48.86111,
-106.47778
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Osceola
|
WI
|
674th
|
P-35
|
Z-035
|
2
|
DC-10 Jul 59
|
1951
|
1975
|
45.25139,
-92.64278
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Othello
|
WA
|
637th
|
P-40
|
Z-040
|
2
|
DC-15 Mar 60
DC-12 Sep 63
|
1951
|
1975
|
46.72139,
-119.18
|
BUIC III
|
| Owingsville
|
KY
|
809th
|
M-131
|
|
|
|
1954
|
1957
|
38.19203,
-83.81702
|
|
| Ozona
|
TX
|
732nd
|
TM-187
|
|
8
|
|
1951
|
1963
|
30.70417,
-101.11667
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Palermo
|
NJ
|
770th
680th
|
P-54
|
Z-054
|
3
|
DC-01 Jan 57
DC-03 Dec 67
DC-04 Apr 68
|
1962
|
1970
|
39.22194,
-74.68722
|
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Patrick
|
FL
|
645th
|
Z-211
|
Z-211
|
|
DC-09 Apr 66
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1961
|
1996
|
28.21424,
-80.59894
|
|
| Perrin
|
TX
|
745th
|
RP-78
|
Z-078
|
|
|
1964
|
1969
|
33.70472,
-96.64833
|
|
| Pickstown
|
SD
|
695th
|
SM-134
|
Z-134
|
7
|
DC-22 Apr 61
|
1961
|
1968
|
43.08306,
-98.47528
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Point Arena
|
CA
|
776th
|
P-37
|
Z-037
|
3
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-13 Aug 63
DC-21 Sep 69
|
1951
|
1998
|
38.88972,
-123.55028
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Port Austin
|
MI
|
754th
|
P-61
|
Z-061
|
|
DC-06 Apr 59
|
1952
|
1988
|
44.03028,
-83.00167
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Port Isabel
|
TX
|
811th
|
TM-190
|
|
|
|
1959
|
1961
|
26.15556,
-97.33778
|
|
| Poston
|
AZ
|
862
|
SM-160
|
|
|
|
NA
|
NA
|
33.993611,
-114.406667
|
Not activated became Gap Filler
|
| Pyote
|
TX
|
697th
|
TM-186
|
|
|
|
1958
|
1963
|
31.47778,
-103.16833
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Red Bluff
|
CA
|
859th
|
SM-157
|
Z-157
|
7
|
DC-13 Mar 60
DC-21 Sep 69
|
1956
|
1970
|
40.14611,
-122.30444
|
|
| Richmond
|
FL
|
644th
|
Z-210
|
Z-210
|
|
DC-09 Apr 60
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1960
|
1978
|
25.62333,
-80.40444
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Roanoke Rapids
|
NC
|
632nd
|
M-117
|
Z-117
|
6
|
DC-04 Sep 58
|
1956
|
1978
|
36.43972,
-77.72528
|
|
| Rochester
|
MN
|
808th
|
M-101
|
|
|
|
1956
|
1957
|
44.06981,
-92.34015
|
|
| Rockport
|
TX
|
813th
|
TM-191
|
|
6
|
|
1958
|
1963
|
28.09167,
-97.04583
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Rockville
|
IN
|
782nd
|
P-53
|
Z-053
|
3
|
DC-07 Jun 59
|
1951
|
1966
|
39.77528,
-87.25667
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Rye
|
NH
|
644th
|
M-104
|
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1957
|
43.04417,
-70.71528
|
|
| Saint Albans
|
VT
|
764th
|
P-14
|
Z-014
|
2
|
DC-05 Aug 58
DC-02 Aug 62
DC-05 Apr 66
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1951
|
1979
|
44.78167,
-73.06556
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| San Clemente
|
CA
|
670th
|
P-39
|
|
3
|
|
1951
|
1960
|
32.976944,
-118.552778
|
|
| San Pedro Hill
|
CA
|
670th
|
RP-39
|
Z-039
|
|
DC-17 Oct 59
DC-21 Apr 66
|
1961
|
1976
|
33.746111,
-118.336111
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Santa Rosa Island
|
CA
|
669th
|
P-15
|
|
3
|
DC-17 Oct 59
|
1951
|
1963
|
33.94554,
-120.11725
|
Moved to Lompoc AFS
|
| Saratoga Springs
|
NY
|
656th
|
P-50
|
Z-050
|
3
|
DC-02 Oct 56
|
1952
|
1977
|
43.01139,
-73.6825
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Sault Ste Marie
|
MI
|
753rd
|
P-66
|
Z-066
|
|
DC-14 Apr 60
DC-10 Oct 63
|
1951
|
1979
|
46.45722,
-84.38722
|
|
| Savannah
|
GA
|
702nd
|
M-112
|
Z-112
|
6
|
DC-09 Jul 61
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1955
|
1979
|
32.01704,
-81.16626
|
|
| Selfridge
|
MI
|
661st
|
P-20
|
Z-020
|
|
DC-06 Apr 59
DC-10 Nov 69
|
1952
|
1974
|
42.62694,
-82.82972
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Stephenville
|
NL
|
640th
|
N-23
|
C-23
|
|
|
1953
|
1971
|
48.58917,
-58.66417
|
To RCAF 1971
|
| Snow Mountain
|
KY
|
784th
|
P-82
|
Z-082
|
|
DC-07 Jul 61
DC-06 Aug 61
DC-07 May 62
DC-06 Apr 66
|
1952
|
1968
|
37.89741,
-86.00240
|
|
| Sundance
|
WY
|
731st
|
TM-201
|
Z-201
|
8
|
DC-19 Nov 62
DC-22 Jun 63
|
1962
|
1968
|
44.47861,
-104.45167
|
Nuclear Powered
|
| Sweetwater
|
TX
|
683rd
|
M-089
|
Z-089
|
6
|
|
1956
|
1969
|
32.46333,
-100.47333
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Texarkana
|
AR
|
703rd
|
M-091
|
Z-091
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1968
|
33.455556,
-93.998056
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Texas Tower 2
|
NA
|
762nd
4604th
|
TT-2
|
TT-2
|
|
DC-02 Jan 57
|
1958
|
1963
|
41.75,
-67.76666
|
Sunk while being salvaged
|
| Texas Tower 3
|
NA
|
773rd
4604th
|
TT-3
|
TT-3
|
|
DC-01 Jun 58
|
1958
|
1963
|
40.75,
-69.31667
|
Salvaged
|
| Texas Tower 4
|
NA
|
646th
4604th
|
TT-4
|
TT-4
|
|
DC-01 Apr 59
|
1959
|
1961
|
39.8,
-72.66667
|
Sunk by storm
15 Jan1961
28 men lost
|
| Thomasville
|
AL
|
698th
|
TM-197
|
Z-197
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
|
1959
|
1969
|
31.93722,
-87.75083
|
|
| Tierra Amarilla
|
NM
|
767th
|
P-08
|
|
2
|
|
1950
|
1958
|
36.623611,
-106.663889
|
|
| Tonopah
|
NV
|
866th
|
SM-164
|
Z-164
|
7
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-16 Sep 60
DC-13 Apr 66
DC-21 Sep 69
|
1957
|
1970
|
38.05167,
-117.22556
|
|
| Tyndall
|
FL
|
678th
|
TM-198
|
Z-198
|
8
|
DC-09 Nov 59
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1957
|
1983
|
30.0760296,
-85.61064
|
BUIC III
BUIC II
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Wadena
|
MN
|
739th
|
P-17
|
Z-017
|
4
|
DC-11 Apr 59
DC-10 Sep 63
|
1950
|
1970
|
46.51528,
-95.11278
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Walker
|
NM
|
686th
|
M-090
|
|
6
|
|
1955
|
1963
|
33.309221,
-104.547709
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Walnut Ridge
|
AR
|
725th
|
SM-143
|
Z-143
|
7
|
DC-07 Jul 61
|
1956
|
1963
|
36.13,
-90.91917
|
|
| Watertown
|
NY
|
655th
|
P-49
|
Z-049
|
2
|
DC-03 Sep 58
DC-02 Sep 63
DC-05 Apr 66
DC-03 Nov 69
|
1952
|
1979
|
43.92528,
-75.90917
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Waverly
|
IA
|
788th
|
P-81
|
Z-081
|
3
|
DC-07 Jun 59
DC-22 Dec 67
DC-10 Jul 68
|
1952
|
1969
|
42.69,
-92.48444
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| West Mesa
|
NM
|
687th
|
M-094
|
Z-094
|
6
|
|
1956
|
1968
|
35.071695,
-106.869716
|
BUIC I - GCI
FAA Site
|
| Williams Bay
|
WI
|
755th
|
P-31
|
|
2
|
DC-07 Jun 59
|
1951
|
1960
|
42.617083,
-88.54
|
Moved to Arlington Heights
|
| Willmar
|
MN
|
721st
|
SM-139
|
|
7
|
DC-11 Apr 59
|
1957
|
1961
|
45.138903,
-95.06893
|
|
| Winnemucca
|
NV
|
658th
|
M-127
|
Z-127
|
6
|
DC-18 Jul 60
DC-16 Sep 60
DC-13 Apr 66
|
1956
|
1968
|
41.01111,
-117.7675
|
BUIC I - NORAD CC
|
| Winslow
|
AZ
|
904th
|
M-093
|
Z-093
|
6
|
DC-17 Jan 60
DC-21 May 61
|
1955
|
1963
|
35.08028,
-110.83361
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Winston-Salem
|
NC
|
810th
|
M-130
|
Z-130
|
6
|
DC-04 Jul 61
DC-04 Nov 69
|
1956
|
1970
|
36.04361,
-80.13621
|
BUIC I - GCI
|
| Yaak
|
MT
|
680th
|
P-11
|
|
4
|
|
1952
|
1960
|
48.86222,
-115.72167
|
|
| Yuma
|
AZ
|
864th
|
SM-162
|
Z-162
|
7
|
DC-21 May 61
|
1956
|
1963
|
32.65381,
-114.59090
|
BUIC I - Surveillance
|
| Zapata
|
TX
|
742nd
|
TM-189
|
|
8
|
|
1957
|
1961
|
26.95222,
-99.27528
|
|
|