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Cold War-era American air defense radar

AN/FPS-8
General Electric AN/FPS-8 Radar
Country of origin	United States
Manufacturer	General Electric
Introduced	1954-1958
No. built	Over 200 produced
Type	Medium-Range Search Radar
Frequency	1280 - 1380 megahertz
PRF	360 hertz
Beamwidth	2.5 degrees
Pulsewidth	3 microseconds
RPM	0 to 10 rpm
Power	1 MW
Other names	AN/GPS-3, AN/MPS-11, AN/FPS-88

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TheAN/FPS-8 Radar was a Medium-Range SearchRadar used by theUnited States Air Force Air Defense Command.

The radar was a medium power D-Band search radar designed for aircraft control and early warning, and was installed at commercial airports and military bases both in the United States and overseas.In most installations the antenna was exposed, being mounted on a temporary tower.

For severe environmental conditions, the AN/FPS-8 was self-contained in an arctic tower with a protective radome. Over the years improvements were made to the basic AN/FPS-8, culminating in the final version whose nomenclature was AN/FPS-88 (V). The AN/FPS-8 also had two mobile versions: the AN/MPS-11 and the AN/MPS-11A.

In accordance with theJoint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), the "AN/FPS-7" designation represents the 7th design of an Army-Navy electronic device for fixed ground search radar.^[1]^[2] The JETDS system also now is used to name allDepartment of Defense electronic systems.

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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^Winkler, David F. (1997). "Radar Systems Classification Methods".Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program(PDF). Langley AFB, Virginia: United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command. p. 73.LCCN 97020912. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
^Avionics Department (2013). "Missile and Electronic Equipment Designations".Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Engineering Handbook(PDF) (4 ed.). Point Mugu, California: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. pp. 2–8.1.

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Radomes.org - AN/FPS-8

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Air
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units

Forces	Central Air Defense Eastern Air Defense Iceland Western Air Defense First Fourth Tenth Fourteenth
Air Divisions	8th 9th 20th 21st 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32d 33d 34th 35th 36th 37th 58th 64th 73d 85th
Sectors	Albuquerque Bangor Boston Chicago Detroit Duluth Goose Grand Forks Great Falls Kansas City Los Angeles Minot Montgomery New York Oklahoma City Phoenix Portland Reno Sault Sainte Marie San Francisco Seattle Sioux City Spokane Stewart Syracuse Washington
Wings	Fighter1st 4th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 56th 78th 81st 325th 328th 507th Detection and Control71st 73d 551st 552d Air Defense46th 4620th 4621st 4622d 4624th 4625th 4627th 4628th 4683d 4700th 4702d 4703d 4704th 4705th 4706th 4707th 4708th 4709th 4710th 4711th 4750th 4751st 4752d 4756th 4780th
Groups	Fighter1st 4th 14th 15th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 53d 54th 56th 57th 78th 79th 81st 82d 84th 325th 326th 327th 328th 329th 337th 343d 355th 408th 412th 414th 473d 475th 476th 478th 507th Air Defense10th 500th 501st 502d 503d 514th 515th 516th 517th 518th 519th 520th 521st 525th 527th 528th 529th 530th 533d 534th 564th 566th 567th 568th 575th 637th 665th 678th 692d 701st 751st 762d 765th 778th 780th 827th 858th 4606th 4620th 4676th 4700th 4721st 4722d 4727th 4728th 4729th 4730th 4731st 4732d 4733d 4734th 4735th 4750th 4756th Aircraft Control & Warning503d 505th 540th 541st 542d 543d 544th 545th 546th 563d 564th 565th 566th
Squadrons	Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons

Major
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Electronic	TB-29 EB-57 EC-121
Fighters	Propeller: F-47 F-51 P-61 F-82 Subsonic Jet: P-80 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-94 Supersonic Jet: F-101 F-102 F-104 F-106
Missiles	AIM-4 AIM-26 AIR-2 CIM-10
Ships	Guardian Interceptor Interdictor Interpreter Investigator Locator Lookout Outpost Pickett Protector Scanner Searcher Skywatcher Tracer Watchman Vigil
Texas Towers	Texas Tower 2 Texas Tower 3 Texas Tower 4

Miscellaneous

Air Defense Command Emblem Gallery (on Wikimedia Commons)
General Surveillance Radar Stations

v t e US Air Force Ground-based search radars
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US Air Force Ground-based search radars

AN/FPS-3