Type Radar Station In use 1957-1961 | Code N-27C Year built 1957 | |
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Controlled by Aerospace Defense Command Similar Las Cruces Air Force Station, Hutchinson Air Force Station, Kirksville Air Force Station | ||
Fox Harbour Air Station (ADC ID: N-27C) is a closed General Surveillance-Gap Filler radar station. It is located 210 miles (340 km) southeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was closed in 1961.
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The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27C". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.
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