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CFS Resolution Island | |
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| Part ofNorth Warning System | |
| Nunavut, Canada | |
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| Site information | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Controlled by |  Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Location | |
  CFS Resolution Island Location of CFS Resolution Island, Nunavut | |
| Coordinates | 61°35′47″N64°38′18″W / 61.5964°N 64.6383°W /61.5964; -64.6383 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1952 |
| In use | 1953-1961 |
CFS Resolution Island (BAF-5[1]) is a short-range radar site. It is located 593 miles (954 km) north-northwest ofCFB Goose Bay, Labrador onResolution Island, Nunavut. It is part of theNorth Warning System. During theCold War, it was operated as part of thePinetree Line network controlled byNORAD.
As a result of theCold War and with the expansion of a North American continental air defense system, Resolution Island was selected as a site for aUnited States Air Force (USAF) radar station, one of the many that would make up thePinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
TheUnited States Air ForceNortheast Air Command (NEAC) established a general surveillance radar station on Resolution Island in 1953, designating the site as "Resolution Island Air Station", with Site-ID of N-30. The920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to the site on 19 January 1952. It was equipped with the following radars:
As a GCI base, the 920th's role was to guideinterceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. These interceptors were assigned to the64th Air Division atGoose AFB, Labrador. In 1957, with the inactivation of NEAC, the station came under the jurisdiction ofAir Defense Command.
Routine operations from the station were performed until 1 November 1961, when the station was inactivated and turned over to theRoyal Canadian Air Force, which closed the facility.
The Canadian Coast Guard operated a radio station from 1929(?) until 1975 under thecall sign VAW. The station (MF Marine) was then moved to Killinek (NWT/Nunavut), on the south shore of the Hudson Strait.
The site was re-activated by theCanadian Forces as an unmannedNorth Warning System, short range radar site in 1991.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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