Cape Makkovik Air Station (ADC ID: N-28A) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the

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province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

, It was located north-northeast of

CFB Goose Bay Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay , commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by ...

. It was closed in 1961.

History

The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, built by the

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, under operational control of

Hopedale Air Station Hopedale Air Station (ADC ID: N-28) is a General Surveillance Radar station that the USAF closed in 1968. It is located north of the community of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador west-northwest of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labra ...

and part of

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of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites. The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-28A" (later "C-28A)." Aerospace Defense Command stationed the

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at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.

USAF units and assignments

Units: * Activated as 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 13 June 1953 : Moved to Hopedale Air Station, 1 October 1953 : Inactivated 1961. Assignments: *

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(ADC), 1 April 1957 * Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960

References

* A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado * Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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