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Red Cliff Air Station | |
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| Part ofPinetree Line | |
| Newfoundland, Canada | |
 Emblem of the 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Code | N-22 |
| Controlled by | Northeast Air Command Aerospace Defense Command |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 47°38′20″N052°40′02″W / 47.63889°N 52.66722°W /47.63889; -52.66722 (Red Cliff AS N-22) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1953 |
| Built by | United States Air Force |
| In use | 1953-1961 |
Red Cliff Air Station (Also known as St. Johns) (ID: N-22, C-22) was aGeneral Surveillance Radar station. The remains of which are located 5.8 miles (9.3 km) north-northeast ofSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was closed in 1961.
During World War II aUS Army-manned battery of two8-inch railway guns was located at Red Cliff, part ofFort Pepperrell in St. John's.[1]
The site was established in 1953 as a general surveillance radar station, funded by theUnited States Air Force, one of the many that would make up thePinetree Line ofGround Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
Northeast Air Command moved the108th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron to the station on 1 January 1953. The site was the most eastern ground radar site in North America of the USAF. On 1 August, the 108th was returned to theNew York Air National Guard, and the642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron assumed its equipment and personnel. It operated the following radars:
As a GCI base, the station's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. These interceptors were assigned to the64th Air Division atGoose Air Force Base, Labrador.
The station was reassigned toAerospace Defense Command on 1 April 1957, and was given designation "N-22" (later "C-22").
In addition to the main facility, Red Cliff operated anAN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler site:
The Elliston Ridge site operated between 1957 and 1961 in a relatively isolated location on theBonavista Peninsula, about 70 miles northwest of the main station. Parts of the station remain intact, although abandoned to the elements since its closure. Broadcasting stationCJOZ-FM maintains and transmits from a building and tower on the same property of the Eliston Ridge site.
Red Cliff Air Station was closed on 1 October 1961. The site is abandoned, unused since its closure; most of the structures remain.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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