Dickinson Air Force Station
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| Dickinson Air Force Station | |
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| northeast of Dickinson, North Dakota | |
| Type | Air Force station |
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| Built | |
| In use | April 1959–March 1965 |
| Controlled by | United States Air Force |
| Garrison | 706 AC&W Sqdn |
Dickinson Air Force Station (Dickinson AFS) was an Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) facility at approximately 2750' elevation AMSL, located about 5 miles northeast of Dickinson in southwestern North Dakota. It was active from 1959 through 1965.
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[edit] History and lineage
- Activated c. April 1959 as Pinetree Line site TM-177;
- Reallocated to SAGE c. 1961 as site Z-177;
- Inactivated 1 March 1965.
As part of the Pinetree Line, Dickinson AFS was a Third Phase Mobile station. As part of SAGE, Dickinson AFS was a surveillance station only.
[edit] Buildings and facilities
The Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver (GATR) facility was located off-station at , approximately 2700' elevation AMSL, roughly 3 miles north of the main station.
The main Station facilities included:
- Family Housing
- Club and Gymnasium
- Telephony Kiosk
- Search Radar Tower
- Height Finder Radar Tower
- (3) Radomes
- Heating Plant
- Basic Officers Quarters (BOQ)
- Barracks
- Operations Building
- Squadron Headquarters building
- Administration building
- Power building
- (also known as the "Diesel Building")
One interesting fact about the main station is that the family housing area is approximately one mile west of the operations buildings.
[edit] Assigned units
[edit] Current use
Abandoned, being demolished.
[edit] See also
Other nearby similar AC&W stations include:
[edit] References
- Winkler, David Frank (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, Langley AFB, VA: Headquarters Air Combat Command. LCCN 97-20912.
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