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Watertown Air Force Station
Part of
1951-1968: Air Defense Command
1968-1979: Aerospace Defense Command
1979-1984: Air Defense, Tactical Air Command
Watertown, New York
2 radomes and the main gate with guard shack (1975)
Watertown Air Force Station is located in New York
Watertown Air Force Station
Watertown Air Force Station
Coordinates43°55′31″N 075°54′33″W / 43.92528°N 75.90917°W / 43.92528; -75.90917 (Watertown AFS P-49)
TypeLong Range Radar Site
CodeRP-49: 1950 ADC permanent network[2][3]
Z-49: 1963 July 31 NORAD network
Site information
Controlled byWatertown Air Force Station United States Air Force
Site history
Built1952
Built byU.S. Air Force
In use1952-1979
Garrison information
GarrisonWatertown, New York
Occupants655th Radar Squadron

Watertown Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force ADCOM General Surveillance Radar station 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Watertown, New York. Prior to the Air Defense squadron inactivating on 1 November 1979, the station was reassigned to Tactical Air Command which maintained the Ground Air Transmitter Receiver until early 1984 (now a firefighter training site).[4] A New York State jail opened at the site c. 1983.

It was a part of the 21st RCC (NORAD Regional Control Center) a SAGE network, located at Stewart AFB.[3]

  1. ^ "Google".
  2. ^ In March 1949, Congress authorized the construction of a permanent radar network ("ADC radar site" P-1 was at McChord AFB from June 1, 1950, to April 1, 1960.)
  3. ^ a b Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (Report). U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.[verification needed]
  4. ^ "Information for Watertown AFS, NY". Air Defense Radar Stations. Radomes.org. Retrieved 2012-05-08.

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