Ashland Radar Station was a

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station located in

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operational from around 1975 to 1990. Sitting on .

History

The station was constructed in August 1975 along route "IR-800", which was designated in 1981. Detachment 7 moved southwest to the new Ashland Radar Station south of

. (map shows "Blotner Site" northeast of the "Det 7, 1st CEVG" site.) The Ashland Strategic Training Range eventually included an AN/MPS-T1 and Multiple Threat Emitter System (MUTES) and in 1985, Det 7 was awarded the Combat Skyspot trophy. It was closed in 1994 at the end of the

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References

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