The Bayshore Bomb Scoring Site ("base facility identifier" 26001F) is a

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(FUDS) that was used as a Strategic Air Command radar station for

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. The site was activated in 1963 at

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by Detachment 6 of the 1CEVG's Radar Bomb Scoring Division. Det 6 moved to the site from

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,^* and was tracking the 197
Big Rock Point

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crash. The Bayshore site was rebuilt after a 1967 television fire, closed in 1985.

References

*The Ironwood RBS site was established when the unit and equipment moved from Guam (10th RBS Squadron Det 12) in July 1960.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zXxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9A8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7157,5158421&dq=bomb-scoring-unit&hl=en Installations of the United States Air Force in Michigan United States automatic tracking radar stations Military installations established in 1963 Military installations closed in 1985 1963 establishments in Michigan 1985 disestablishments in Michigan {{US-mil-stub