California State Military
DepartmentCalifornia State Military
Department The 15 acre site was leased (W-04-193-ENG-3809)
from Ralph, Marie and Lawrence Painter of Fresno County by the
War Department on 13 November 1943 for the duration of World War
II plus 6 months. It was used by the Army Air Forces as a radar
station. The site was declared surplus on 4 December 1945. In
the 20 March 1946 document title "Detailed Plan for the Retrenchment
of Fourth Air Force Control Group Installation", the Chief,
Control Group Division, Fourth Air Force recommended that this
site be removed and the lease was terminated on 31 January 1947.
No one remembers the use of the site or any structures built there.
The property is now privately owned agricultural land planted
in row crops. No trace of any World War II military history is
apparent.