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DepartmentIn February 1952 the 750th AC&W Squadron assumed coverage responsibilities formerly held by the Edwards AFB site (L-40), and was operating two AN/FPS-10 radars at this new site. The AN/FPS-10 search radar remained until 1959. In 1958 an AN/FPS-6 replaced the AN/FPS-10 height-finder radar. A second height-finder radar (AN/FPS-6A) was installed in 1959. In 1961 the facility provided data for the regional SAGE center, and became an operational ADC/FAA joint-use radar. By this time the AN/FPS-10 had been replaced by an AN/FPS-20 search radar. However, this radar was soon replaced by an AN/FPS-35 FD radar. By 1963 this radar operated with AN/FPS-26A and AN/FPS-90 height-finder radars. In 1968 the AN/FPS-90 was deactivated. In 1969 the AN/FPS-35 was removed, and was replaced by an AN/FPS-67 on the same tower (and with a radome); it became operational in 1970. The 750th was deactivated in June 1975. The FAA retained the AN/FPS-67, and continue to operate it today and is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System.
The cantonment area had been converted into a Federal Prison Camp, but was deactivated in August 1988
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Posted 11 October 2010
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