Spotted 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 |
| Code | N-27B |
| Controlled by | Aerospace Defense Command |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 53°31′05″N055°44′56″W / 53.51806°N 55.74889°W /53.51806; -55.74889 (Spotted Island AS N-27B) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1957 |
| Built by | United States Air Force |
| In use | 1957-1961 |
Spotted Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27B) was aGeneral Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador, It was located 195 miles (314 km) east 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.
The station was assigned toAerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27B".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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