Cut Throat Island Air Station | |
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| Part ofPinetree Line | |
| Labrador, Canada | |
 Emblem of the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Controlled by | Aerospace Defense Command |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 54°29′47″N057°08′00″W / 54.49639°N 57.13333°W /54.49639; -57.13333 (Cut Throat Island N-27A) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1957 |
| Built by | United States Air Force |
| In use | 1957-1961 |
Cut Throat Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27A) was aGeneral Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador, It was located 160 miles (260 km) east-northeast ofCFB Goose Bay.[1] It was closed in 1961.
The site was established in 1957 as a staffed Gap Filler radar station, built by theUnited States Air Force, under operational control ofCartwright Air Station and part of thePinetree Line ofGround-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.[citation needed]
The station was assigned toAerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27A".Aerospace Defense Command stationed the922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated anAN/FPS-14 staffed Gap Filler search radar.[2]
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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