A Ground Equipment Facility of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a radar station or other designated Air Traffic Control site of the United States. Several of the facilities originated as Cold War SAGE radar stations, including some facilities of the joint-use site system (JUSS)[1] (e.g., San Pedro Hill Air Force Station provided radar tracks for both the Army and USAF). The USAF declared full operational capability of the 1st 7 Regional Operational Control Centers (ROCCs) on December 23, 1980.[2]
| IDs | Landform (former military site)
|
ST | Coordinates | initial year | FAA year | Inactivated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-12 (Z-249) | Dauphin Island (Dauphin Island AFS) | AL | 30°15′01″N 088°04′42″W / 30.25028°N 88.07833°W | 1959 | 1980 | tbd |
| J-31 (Z-39) | San Pedro Hill (San Pedro Hill AFS) | CA | 33°44′45″N 118°20′10″W / 33.74583°N 118.33611°W | 1961 | 1997 | n/a |
| J-33 (Z-38) | tbd (Mill Valley AFS) | CA | 37°55′26″N 122°35′49″W / 37.92389°N 122.59694°W | 1951 | 1980 | |
| J-34 (Z-37) | tbd (Point Arena AFS) | CA | 38°53′23″N 123°33′01″W / 38.88972°N 123.55028°W | 1951 | tbd | 1998 |
| J-36A | San Clemente Island (San Clemente Island AFS) | CA | 1952 | c. 1998 | ||
| tbd (DC-21DC) | Grovers Cliff (Fort Heath) | CA | 42°23′19.5″N 070°58′10″W / 42.388750°N 70.96944°W | 1959 | 1969 | mid-to-late 1990s |
| tbd (Z-10) | tbd (North Truro AFS) | MA | 42°02′03″N 070°03′15″W / 42.03417°N 70.05417°W | 1951 | 1995 | tbd |
References
edit- ^ Butler, Gerald W; Shaner, Mary; Shaner, Richard; Shaner, Richard (May 2001). The Guns of Boston Harbor. ISBN 9780759647305. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
In 1958, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) constructed long-range acquisition radar at Fort Heath. Commissioned in 1959, the ARSR-1 radar was used to track aircraft 220 miles distant for flight-following" purposes. …the army and air force also used this surveillance radar for Air Defense Control and Coordination Systems (ADCCS).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Del Papa, Dr. E. Michael; Warner, Mary P. (October 1987). A Historical Chronology of the Electronic Systems Division 1947-1986 (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
so-called Semi-Automatic Direction Center System, later known as…Semi-Automatic Ground Environment System, in essence, the Lincoln Transition System.
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