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Dauphin Island Air Force Station
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
Dauphin Island AFS is located in Alabama
Dauphin Island AFS
Dauphin Island AFS
Coordinates30°15′01″N 088°04′42″W / 30.25028°N 88.07833°W / 30.25028; -88.07833 (Dauphin Island AFS TM-196, Z-249)
TypeAir Force Station
CodeADC ID: TM-196, NORAD ID: Z-196, Z-249
Site information
Controlled byDauphin Island Air Force Station United States Air Force
Site history
Built1958
In use1958-1974
Garrison information
Garrison693d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron
635th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron

Dauphin Island Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) east of Dauphin Island, Alabama, near historic Fort Gaines (Alabama). It was closed in 1980.

Beginning in September 1982, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acquired part of the facility. Today the site is part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-12 with an ARSR-2 radar.

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