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Tin City Air Force Station
Tin City Long Range Radar Site
  
Part of Eleventh Air Force (PACAF)
Tin City Air Force Station
Tin City AFS is located in Alaska
Tin City AFS
Tin City AFS
Location of Tin City AFS, Alaska
Coordinates65°34′33″N 168°00′43″W / 65.57583°N 168.01194°W / 65.57583; -168.01194 (Tin City Radar Site F-04)
TypeAir Force Station
Site information
Controlled byTin City Long Range Radar Site United States Air Force
Site history
Built1951
In use1953-Present
Garrison information
Garrison710th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (1953-1983)

Tin City Long Range Radar Site is a United States Air Force radar station. It is located 106.3 miles (171.1 km) west-northwest of Nome, Alaska. It is the former Tin City Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-04, LRR ID: A-11).

The radar surveillance station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site as part of the Alaska Radar System. Today, it remains active as part of the Alaska NORAD Region under the command of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

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