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Lufkin Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part ofAir Defense Command (ADC) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Location | |
  Lufkin AFS Location of Lufkin AFS, Texas | |
| Coordinates | 31°25′17″N094°48′10″W / 31.42139°N 94.80278°W /31.42139; -94.80278 (Lufkin AFS TM-193) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1957 |
| In use | 1957-1961 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Lufkin Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-193) is a closedUnited States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 7.2 miles (11.6 km) northwest ofLufkin, Texas. It was closed in 1961.
Lufkin Air Force Station came into existence as part of Phase III of theAir Defense Command Mobile Radar program. On 20 October 1953 ADC requested a third phase of twenty-five radar sites be constructed.
The 815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to Lufkin AFS on 14 February 1957. It began operating anAN/FPS-3A search radar and anAN/FPS-6 height-finder 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.
The Air Force inactivated Lufkin on 1 June 1961 due to budgetary constraints. The site is now home to one of theTexas state supported living centers.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
