Type Air Force Station Year built 1957 | In use 1958-1969 Controlled by United States Air Force | |
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Code ADC ID: DC-13, NORAD ID: DC-13 Similar Finley Air Force Station, Condon Air Force Station, Keno Air Force Station, Klamath Air Force Station, Point Arena Air Force Sta | ||
Adair Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force station. It is located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) north-northeast of Corvallis, Oregon. It was closed in 1969.
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History
Adair Air Force Station was established in 1957 on Camp Adair, established by the United States Army as a training facility during World War II.
Initial construction by the Air Force on Camp Adair began in 1957 with the large, three story concrete Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center, along with buildings for a barracks, dining hall, officer's quarters and open mess's. In addition a base exchange, dispensary, gymnasium, a headquarters building, supply facilities were constructed. 150 family housing units were also built for married personnel.
The SAGE system was a network linking Air Force (and later FAA) General Surveillance Radar stations into a centralized center for Air Defense, intended to provide early warning and response for a Soviet nuclear attack. DC-13 was activated on 1 September 1958 by the Portland Air Defense Sector (PADS), under the 25th Air Division. DC-13 with its AN/FSQ-7 computer was transferred to the 26th Air Division on 1 April 1966 when the PADS was inactivated.
In addition to the SAGE and station facilities, construction of a CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile complex 44°42′08″N 123°12′00″W was begun in 1959. Budget restrictions and other issues caused the cancellation of the Bomarc deployment when the deployment was cancelled in March 1960 after the facility was 50% completed.
SAGE operations continued until 30 September 1969 when technology advances allowed the Air Force to shut down many SAGE Data Centers. With the closure of DC-13, Adair AFS was closed. Today, Adair Air Force Station is a part of the city of Adair Village. The SAGE blockhouse remains, in private hands. The Bomarc site is now wooded and abandoned, some concrete pads intermixed in the woods.