Watford City Air Force Station is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration installation located about 40 km southwest of Watford City, North Dakota. It is the site of an ARSR-4 radar system, which provides air traffic surveillance along the US-Canada border, as well as limited weather radar data.
| Watford City Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of 1960-1967:  Air Defense Command197x-present: Joint Surveillance System | |
| McKenzie County, North Dakota | |
| Coordinates | 47°40′44″N 103°46′50″W / 47.67889°N 103.78056°W |
| Type | FAA Ground Equipment Facility |
| Site information | |
| Owner | FAA |
| Controlled by | Federal Aviation Administration |
History
editEstablished as United States Air Force gap-filler station TM-177B (47°40′43″N 103°46′50″W) with an unmanned Bendix AN/FPS-18 Radar providing data through Dickinson Air Force Station/706th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron (Minot AFS/786RS after Dickinson closed in 1965), the current facility was activated c. 1979 as a Joint Surveillance System facility with an Air Route Surveillance Radar.
References
edit- Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (Report). U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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