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Saint Anthony Air Station (ADC ID: N-26) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north-northwest of
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...
, Canada. It was closed in 1968.


History

The site was established in 1953 as a General Surveillance Radar station, funded by the
United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
, one of the many that would make up the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites. It was used initially by the Northeast Air Command
921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
, which was activated. It was equipped with the following radars: * Search Radars: AN/FPS-3C, AN/FPS-502, AN/FPS-20A,
AN/FPS-93 The AN/FPS-20 was a widely used L band early warning and ground-controlled interception radar system employed by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command, the NORAD Pinetree Line in Canada, the USAF CONAD in the continental United States, ...
A * Height Radars: AN/TPS-502, AN/FPS-6B As a GCI base, the 921st's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. These interceptors were assigned to the 64th Air Division at Goose AFB, Labrador. The station was reassigned to the USAF
Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was est ...
on 1 April 1957, and was given designation "N-26". In 1963, the site was connected to the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-31) at Goose AFB. Information for St. Anthony AS, NL
/ref> In addition to the main facility, Saint Anthony operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler site: *
La Scie Air Station La Scie Air Station (ADC ID: N-26B) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located east-northeast of St.John's, Near La Scie. It was closed in 1961. History The ...
(N-26B): (Det 2 921st AC&W) N-26B was built in 1957 about 150 km southeast of the main station and was closed in 1961. The town of La Scie, located about 5 km to the southwest provided living facilities to Detachment 2. The 921st AC&WS squadron was inactivated on 18 June 1968, and Saint Anthony AS was closed on 30 June. Today the site remains intact. It apparently has been unused and abandoned since its closure, some have been reduced to concrete foundations only.


USAF units and assignments

Units: * 921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 26 May 1953 : Transferred to Saint Anthony Air Station, Northeast Air Command, 1 October 1953 : Reassigned to Air Defense Command, 1 April 1957 : Discontinued 18 June 1968 Assignments: * 64th Air Division (NEAC), 1 October 1953 *
4731st Air Defense Group The 4731st Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was inactivated in ...
, 1 April 1957 * Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June 1960 *
37th Air Division The 37th Air Division (37th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada It was inactivated on 30 June 1970. History Strategic Air Command Es ...
, 1 April 1966 – 18 June 1968


See also

* List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations


References

* A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado * Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command. {{NLMilitary, state=collapsed Installations of the United States Air Force in Canada Radar stations of the United States Air Force Military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador 1953 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador 1968 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador Military installations closed in 1968 Military installations established in 1953