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Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed
A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980
', Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980). * Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L.,
Searching the Skies
', The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
Information for Kingman AFS, AZ
{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Installations of the United States Air Force in Arizona Radar stations of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command military installations 1955 establishments in Arizona 1958 disestablishments in Arizona Military installations established in 1955 Military installations closed in 1958
Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
General Surveillance Radar station. It is located southwest of Kingman, Arizona
Kingman is a city in, and the county seat of, Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and northwest of Arizona's ...
. It was closed in 1958.
Air Force units and assignments
Units: * 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Assigned 22 June 1955 :: Activated atNorton AFB
Norton Air Force Base (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility east of downtown San Bernardino in San Bernardino County, California.
Overview
For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-li ...
, California on 20 June 1953
: Inactivated on 15 August 1958
Assignments:
* 27th Air Division
The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Base, ...
, 22 June 1955 – 15 August 1958
See also
*List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
United States general surveillance radar stations include Army and USAF stations of various US air defense networks (in reverse chronological order):
*Joint Surveillance System (JSS), with radar stations controlled by joint FAA/USAF ROCCs beginnin ...
References
* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W.,A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980
', Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980). * Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L.,
Searching the Skies
', The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
Information for Kingman AFS, AZ
{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Installations of the United States Air Force in Arizona Radar stations of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command military installations 1955 establishments in Arizona 1958 disestablishments in Arizona Military installations established in 1955 Military installations closed in 1958