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Kingman Air Force Station | |
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Part of Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
Kingman AFSLocation of Kingman AFS, Arizona | |
Coordinates | 35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°W / 35.19750; -114.04139 (Kingman AFS M-128) |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1955 |
In use | 1955-1958 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
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Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Kingman, Arizona. It was closed in 1958.
Air Force units and assignments
Units:
- 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Assigned 22 June 1955
- Activated at Norton AFB, California on 20 June 1953
- Inactivated on 15 August 1958
Assignments:
- 27th Air Division, 22 June 1955 – 15 August 1958
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980 Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
- Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
- Information for Kingman AFS, AZ