Lockport AFS
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Lockport Air Force Station | |
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Part of 1951-1968: ![]() 1968-1979: ![]() | |
Cambria, New York | |
Coordinates | 43°08′25″N 78°50′0.4″W / 43.14028°N 78.833444°W |
Type | Long Range Radar Site |
Code | P-21 / Z-21 |
Site information | |
Controlled by | ![]() |
Site history | |
Built | 1951 |
Built by | U.S. Air Force |
In use | 1951-1979 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Lockport, New York |
Lockport Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force ADCOM General Surveillance Radar station in Cambria, New York.
History
[edit]Initially established at Fort Niagara in 1950 before relocating to Lockport site. It was a joint USAF and US Army station from 1951 to 1969. The Air Defense squadron inactivated on 29 June 1979. The key infrastructure like the three radomes (AN/FPS-7 and twin AN/FPS-6 radars) have been demolished. Today the former station is partially vacant with base apartments for private use and commercial redevelopment.[1]
It was a part of the RCC (NORAD Regional Control Center) a SAGE network, located at Syracuse AFS.
Units
[edit]- 763rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - 1950
- 763rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) - 1959
- 763rd Radar Squadron - 1974
Assignments
[edit]- 540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group 1951-1952
- 32nd Air Division 1952-1953
- 4704th Defense Wing 1953-1956
- 4708th Defense Wing 1956
- 30th Air Division 1956-1958
- Syracuse Air Defense Sector 1958-1963
- 2nd Artillery Group (Air Defense) 1961-1969
- Detroit Air Defense Sector 1963-1966
- 34th Air Division 1966-1969
- 35th Air Division 1969
- 21st Air Division 1969-1979