Two Creeks Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-106) is a closed

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General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north-northwest of

Two Creeks, Wisconsin Two Rivers is a town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 551 at the 2000 census. Communities * Two Creeks is a defunct community located on the east end of Two Creeks Road. A fire from a blacksmith destroyed much ...

. It was closed in 1957.

History

Two Creeks Air Force Station was established in 1954 by

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as one of a planned deployment of forty-four Mobile radar stations to support the permanent ADC Radar network in the United States sited around the perimeter of the country. This deployment was projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment. This site became operational in December 1954 when the 700th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W Sq) was moved to the new station from

Willow Run AFS Willow Run Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force station that operated to the east of Willow Run Airport in Michigan. History In 1951, the United States Air Force exercised a right of return to Willow Run and established Willow ...

, Michigan. Operations began in early 1956, using an AN/TPS-1D medium-range search radar, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. Budget cuts closed the station on 30 November 1957 and the 700th AC&W Sq was inactivated. After its closure by the Air Force, the

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used Two Creeks AFS as a

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radar installation, operating an AN/FPS-36 search radar (modified AN/TPS-1D), designating the site as Tisch Mills, WI (CM-01R). The Army used the site briefly, then closed it in early 1959. The station was then transitioned into a "Gap Filler" unmanned site in August 1959 (P-19B), equipped with an

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radar controlled by

Antigo AFS Antigo Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located south-southwest of Antigo, Wisconsin. It was closed in 1977 and is currently classified as a high risk toxic waste site involvi ...

, Wisconsin until June 1968. While used as a trailer park for several years, in 2007, it was purchased by Paul Priester and is now an organic farm and orchard called Happy Destiny Farm, LLC.

Air Force units and assignments

Units

* 700th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron : Activated on 1 December 1953 at

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, NH (not manned or equipped) : Moved to Willow Run AFS, MI (not manned or equipped) on 1 April 1954 : Moved to Two Creeks AFS on 1 December 1954 : Inactivated on 30 November 1957

Assignments

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, 1 December 1954 *

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, 8 July 1956 – 30 November 1957

References

* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W.,
A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980
', 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 Two Creeks AFS, WI
{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Installations of the United States Air Force in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Radar stations of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command military installations 1954 establishments in Wisconsin Military installations established in 1954 Military installations closed in 1957 1957 disestablishments in Wisconsin

History

Air Force units and assignments

Units

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References