Cairo, Indiana

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Cairo is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Skywatch Tower

File:Cairo Skywatch Tower.png

In 1952 the US Air Force commissioned the construction of an observation tower in Cairo, which was built by local volunteers. Manned twenty-four hours a day, observers kept watch for enemy aircraft until being the advent of the national radar system.

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