Radome, Wasserkuppe - Gersfeld/Rhön, HE-DE
N 50° 29.884 E 009° 56.181
32U E 566409 N 5594429
Radome of a former US Air Force Radar Site, first part of "Gunpost", securing air traffic to Berlin.
Waymark Code: WM13AM8
Location: Hessen, Germany
Date Posted: 10/27/2020
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At the very isolated and highest mountain in Hesse, the Wasserkuppe, the today last existant radome is a remain of heavily using of US Air Force Flight control on this summit.
Following the war, the Groenhoff Haus complex was occupied by US Forces. A long range radar station and surveillance facilities were established on the summit of Wasserkuppe. During the Berlin Airlift of 1948 -1949, the radar station supported "Gunpost", the air traffic control site responsible for the southern air corridor from Frankfurt to Berlin. This Wasserkuppe tech site provided navigation aid for the transport aircraft. On June 10, 1949 the radar station became attached to the 601st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, headquartered at Rothwesten, near Kassel.
The USAF radar facility was expanded during the height of the cold war and weather proof radar domes were constructed at the summit.
The 412L Air Weapons Control System was run on the Wasserkuppe, too.
The CRP Control and Reporting Post "Rooter" was run by the 616th AC&WS, handed over to the Bundeswehr in April 1976.
Squadron number: 601th, 616th
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