Spotted Island Air Station | |
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Part of Pinetree Line | |
Labrador, Canada | |
Coordinates | 53°31′05″N 055°44′56″W / 53.51806°N 55.74889°W |
Type | Radar Station |
Code | N-27B |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Aerospace Defense Command |
Site history | |
Built | 1957 |
Built by | United States Air Force |
In use | 1957-1961 |
Spotted Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27B) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located 195 miles (314 km) east of CFB Goose Bay. [1] It was closed in 1961.
The site was established in 1957 as a staffed Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27B". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 staffed Gap Filler search radar. [2]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency