McClellan Air Force Base Annex #1 ("McClellan Anx #1") was a

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near

McClellan Air Force Base McClellan Air Force Base (1935–2001) is a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, northeast of Sacramento, California. History For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClella ...

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, that was active from 28 November 1951 to 2 July 1956.

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operated an automatic tracking radar station (call sign "Sacramento Bomb Plot") just outside the base at Whitney and Eastern Avenues.

History

Colorado Spring's 206th Army Air Force Base Unit, following the

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in 1946, had

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detachments in

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and

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. RBS Detachment D moved to near McClellan AFB, from

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, around September 1951, and was renamed to become Detachment 12 of the 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron. The base was deactivated on 2 July 1956.

References

{{Coord, 38.605201, -121.425018, display=title Installations of the United States Air Force in California 1951 establishments in California 1956 disestablishments in California Formerly Used Defense Sites in California Strategic Air Command radar stations United States automatic tracking radar stations Military installations established in 1951 Military installations closed in 1956