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Two Creeks Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part ofAir Defense Command (ADC) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Location | |
  Two Creeks AFS Location of Two Creeks AFS, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates | 44°19′28″N087°34′45″W / 44.32444°N 87.57917°W /44.32444; -87.57917 (Two Creeks AFS M-106) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1954 |
| In use | 1954–1957 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 700th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
Two Creeks Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-106) is a closedUnited States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north-northwest ofTwo Creeks, Wisconsin. It was closed in 1957.
Two Creeks Air Force Station was established in 1954 byAir Defense Command as one of a planned deployment of forty-four Mobile radar stations to support the permanent ADC Radar network in the United States sited around the perimeter of the country. This deployment was projected to be operational by mid-1952. Funding, constant site changes, construction, and equipment delivery delayed deployment.
This site became operational in December 1954 when the 700th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W Sq) was moved to the new station fromWillow Run AFS, Michigan. Operations began in early 1956, using anAN/TPS-1D medium-range search radar, and initially 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.
Budget cuts closed the station on 30 November 1957 and the 700th AC&W Sq was inactivated. After its closure by the Air Force, theUnited States Army used Two Creeks AFS as aNike Missile radar installation, operating an AN/FPS-36 search radar (modified AN/TPS-1D), designating the site as Tisch Mills, WI (CM-01R). The Army used the site briefly, then closed it in early 1959. The station was then transitioned into a "Gap Filler" unmanned site in August 1959 (P-19B), equipped with anAN/FPS-18 radar controlled byAntigo AFS, Wisconsin until June 1968.
While used as a trailer park for several years, in 2007, it was purchased by Paul Priester and is now an organic farm and orchard called Happy Destiny Farm, LLC.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
