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This group would help us preserve some of our history, highlighting abandoned Air Force radar stations from the cold war era. There were many radar sites all around the country.
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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesBedford Air Force Station - Bedford, Virginia

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Located at the top of Apple Orchard Mountain.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose

location: Virginia

date approved: 01/02/2023

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesRadarstation "Bisam Stelle" - Strijbeek, NL

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Bisam Stelle camp and radar station was built in Strijbeek. Two so-called "Wurzburg-Riese" radars and a Freya long-range radar were installed on the site. A monument on site has been erected to remind people of the past.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T-Team!

location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

date approved: 09/16/2022

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesAbandoned Air Force Radar Site - Harderwijk - NL

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overblijfsel van een Duitse Freya-radar uit de tweede wereld oorlog.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Andre 61

location: Gelderland, Netherlands

date approved: 09/12/2022

last visited: 09/15/2022

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesRavenscar WWII Radar Station - Ravenscar, UK

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This WWII radar station is situated on a cliff top and was designed for early detection of enemy aircraft approaching the Yorkshire Coast.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom

date approved: 04/13/2022

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesAbove All State Park - Warren, CT

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A former radar site in northwest Connecticut

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member chrissyml

location: Connecticut

date approved: 01/28/2021

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesRadome, Wasserkuppe - Gersfeld/Rhön, HE-DE

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Radome of a former US Air Force Radar Site, first part of "Gunpost", securing air traffic to Berlin.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member André de Montbard

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 10/27/2020

last visited: 07/05/2020

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesGCI Kelsnor, Fakkebjerg Langeland - Denmark

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Fra 1953 til 1955 havde forsvaret en søgeradar på toppen af Fakkeberg. From 1953 to 1955 the Air Force had a GCI radar on top of Fakkebjerg hill.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kallehaugerne

location: Denmark

date approved: 10/17/2020

last visited: 10/03/2022

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesFinley Air Force Station - Finley, ND

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This abandoned radar base is 1.5 miles west of Finley, North Dakota.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member m&m O

location: North Dakota

date approved: 06/30/2020

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar Sites"Vasco" Secret WW II Radar Station - Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, ZA

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Secret WWII Radar Site to discover u-boats at the Cape.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member André de Montbard

location: Western Cape, South Africa

date approved: 11/28/2019

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesDreux Air Base (Crucey-Villages, Centre, France)

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[FR] Ancienne base aérienne, située à Crucey-Villages [EN] Former Air Base, located in Crucey-Villages

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member LeBourguignon

location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France

date approved: 11/20/2019

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesOld radar Portreath

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Although this site has seen action in that it was a forward command airfield and then a weapons testing facility. It has always had early warning Radar. All of which has been modernised as technology evolved.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member MoreOutdoor

location: South West England, United Kingdom

date approved: 06/10/2019

last visited: 06/10/2019

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Abandoned Air Force Radar Sites"Gunpost", US Radar Site - Immenhausen, HE-DE

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The "Gunpost" radar site operates air traffic from near Rothwesten Airfield and sector traffic for Berlin Flights during the cold war.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member André de Montbard

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 04/22/2019

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesRadome - Vanastra, Ontario

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The now dilapidated structure was built in 1960 to house the air force radar dish that is now displayed nearby at the town of Clinton’s main intersection.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: Ontario, Canada

date approved: 02/10/2019

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar Sites619 TCS Toul-Rosiere AB - France

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Ancienne base aérienne 619 de l'OTAN et station radar, transformé en centrale électrique de panneaux photo-voltaïques. Former NATO Air Base 619 and Radar Station, transformed into a power station for photovoltaic panels

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine

location: Grand-Est, France

date approved: 07/01/2018

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar Sites734th AC&W Squadron Site Y-3 Morocco

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USAF Site Y-3 was located approximately 90 miles southeast of Oujda, Morocco. It was established in SEP 1952, and deactivated in MAY 1962. I (Airman William Goswick) served at the Site from January 1960 until January 1961.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member k5wg

location: Morocco

date approved: 04/23/2018

last visited: 08/23/2021

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesBahamas Long Range Proving Ground - Grand Turks

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The Grand Turks was a vital part of our national defense from 1953 to 1984. A lot of the buildings remain as evidence of the existence. We were told that all electrical power for the island comes from a generator left behind by the Air Force.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kJfishman

location: Turks and Caicos Islands

date approved: 11/10/2016

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesBlaine Air Force Station — Birch Bay, WA

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From 1951 until 1979 the 757th Radar Squadron was located at the Blaine Air Force Station, just a few miles south of Blaine.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: Washington

date approved: 11/08/2016

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesNATO Air Defense Radar Tech Site Erbeskopf - Germany

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Former Radar Site at a height of 816 metres (2,677 ft) on top of the Mountain named Erbeskopf in Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück near Hilscheid, Germany.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dreamhummie

location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

date approved: 10/16/2016

last visited: 09/12/2020

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesThe Inuvik Dome - Inuvik, Northwest Territories

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This geodesic dome was part of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar stations that once dotted the Canadian Arctic.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: Northwest Territories, Canada

date approved: 09/06/2016

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesSquadron No. 13 of the Portuguese Air Force - Torre, Portugal

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The Former Air Force Radar Sites that is located at the top of the highest mountain in continental Portugal.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member razalas

location: Guarda, Portugal

date approved: 05/10/2015

last visited: 04/04/2015

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesKeno AFS - Hamaker Mountain, OR

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BUIC-III. 827th Air Defense Group inactivated 30 Sept 1979. FAA joint-use site now, called ''Klamath Falls'' (data-tie only); FPS-90 sent to Salem, OR, JSS site (Z-345).

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff

location: Oregon

date approved: 05/10/2015

last visited: never

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesKindley Field USAF/USN base -- Cooper's Island Nature Reserve, St. George's Parish BM

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Kindley Field began as the U.S. Army air Corps base in 1940s, and was abandoned by first the U.S. Air Force 1960s, then the U.S. Navy in the 1990s, and finally by the US government completely in 1995.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Bermuda

date approved: 03/03/2015

last visited: 02/21/2015

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesRoyal Canadian Air Force Station St Sylvester, Quebec, Canada - Abandoned

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Royal Canadian Air Force Station was located in St Sylvester. - Abandoned

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tatie

location: Québec, Canada

date approved: 08/25/2014

last visited: 05/21/2016

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesCanadian Forces Station - Kamloops, BC

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This is the old NORAD Radar Station, constructed in Kamloops in 1956, beginning operations in 1958 and remaining operational until 1988. It was initially the home of the US Army's 825th Radar Squadron.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/22/2014

last visited: 01/04/2019

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Abandoned Air Force Radar SitesAbandoned Air Force Radar Site - Benson, AZ

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Abandoned Aif Force Radar Site east of Benson, AZ. Perminate ID# M-92-C, Stage ID Z-92C,

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member philbeer

location: Arizona

date approved: 08/20/2013

last visited: 09/06/2020

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