Stephenville Air Station

{{Short description|Closed General Surveillance Radar station}}

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|name=Stephenville Air Station

|partof= Pinetree Line

|location= Newfoundland, Canada

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|image= 640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png

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|type=Radar Station

|code=N-23

|built=1951

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Stephenville Air Station (ADC ID: N-23) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located {{convert|9.5|km|mi}} north-northwest of Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/cadin.html|title = The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations}} It was closed in 1971.

History

The site was established in 1951 as a General Surveillance Radar station, built by the United States Air Force as part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.

USAF units and assignments

Units:

  • 640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Assignments:

See also

References

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

{{Reflist}}

  • A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  • Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.

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Category:Installations of the United States Air Force in Canada

Category:Radar stations of the United States Air Force

Category:Military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:1951 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:1971 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:Military installations closed in 1971

Category:Military installations established in 1951