Saint Anthony Air Station | |
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| Part ofPinetree Line | |
| Newfoundland, Canada | |
 Emblem of the 921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Code | N-26 |
| Controlled by | Northeast Air Command Aerospace Defense Command |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 51°20′57″N055°36′39″W / 51.34917°N 55.61083°W /51.34917; -55.61083 (Saint Anthony AS N-26) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1953 |
| Built by | United States Air Force |
| In use | 1953-1968 |
Saint Anthony Air Station (ADC ID: N-26) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 292.5 miles (470.7 km) north-northwest ofSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] It was closed in 1968.
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 of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
It was used initially by theNortheast Air Command921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, which was activated. It was equipped with the following radars:
As a GCI base, the 921st'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 AFB, Labrador.
The station was reassigned to the USAFAir Defense Command on 1 April 1957, and was given designation "N-26". In 1963, the site was connected to theSemi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-31) atGoose AFB.[2]
In addition to the main facility, Saint Anthony operated anAN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler site:
N-26B was built in 1957 about 150 km southeast of the main station and was closed in 1961. The town of La Scie, located about 5 km to the southwest provided living facilities to Detachment 2.
The 921st AC&WS squadron was inactivated on 18 June 1968, and Saint Anthony AS was closed on 30 June. Today[when?] the site remains intact. It apparently[according to whom?] has been unused and abandoned since its closure, some have been reduced to concrete foundations only.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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