Stephenville Air Station
{{Short description|Closed General Surveillance Radar station}}
{{Infobox military structure
|name=Stephenville Air Station
|partof= Pinetree Line
|location= Newfoundland, Canada
|coordinates={{Coord|48|35|21|N|058|39|58|W|display=inline|name=Stephenville AS N-23}}
|ensign = File:USAF - Aerospace Defense Command.svg
|image= 640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png
|image_size= 150px
|caption= 640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron emblem
|type=Radar Station
|code=N-23
|built=1951
|builder=United States Air Force
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|used=1951-1971
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|controlledby= Northeast Air Command
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|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=058|lon_min=39|lon_sec=58
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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:
- 64th Air Division (NEAC), 1 September 1951
- 4731st Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 November 1957
- Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June 1960
- 37th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 21st Air Division, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971
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