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Lake City Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part ofAir Defense Command (ADC) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Location | |
  Lake City AFS Location of Lake City AFS, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates | 36°11′54″N084°13′50″W / 36.19833°N 84.23056°W /36.19833; -84.23056 (Lake City AFS P-42) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1952 |
| In use | 1952–1960 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 663d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Lake City Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-42) is a closedUnited States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) west-southwest ofLake City, Tennessee. It was closed in 1960.
Originally designed asCross Mountain Air Force Station, Lake City AFS was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the permanentAir Defense Command network. Prompted by the start of theKorean War, on 11 July 1950, the Secretary of the Air Force asked the Secretary of Defense for approval to expedite construction of the second segment of the permanent network. Receiving the Defense Secretary's approval on 21 July, the Air Force directed the Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction.
The663d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began operations at a temporary "Lashup" site L-47 located atMcGhee Tyson Airport, near Knoxville, TN on 1 January 1951. It later moved to aTennessee National Guard Armory in nearbyMaryville, Tennessee in November 1951.
With construction at Cross Mountain AFS finishing in March 1952, the 663d AC&W Squadron began operating a pair ofAN/CPS-6B andAN/FPS-10 radars from the permanent site, allowing for the deactivation of L-47 at Maryville. 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 station was re-designated as Lake City AFS, TN, on 1 December 1953. AnAN/FPS-6 height-finder radar was added in 1958. One AN/FPS-10 was removed in 1959.
In addition to the main facility, Lake City operated three unmannedAN/FPS-18 Gap Filler sites:
This site ceased operations on 1 June 1961 due to budget constraints. Today the site is the location for theWCYQ & WDVX radio transmitters and several towers including a Television station.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
