Lockport AFS

43°08′25″N 78°50′0.4″W / 43.14028°N 78.833444°W / 43.14028; -78.833444TypeLong Range Radar SiteCodeP-21 / Z-21Site informationControlled by United States Air ForceSite historyBuilt1951Built byU.S. Air ForceIn use1951-1979Garrison informationGarrisonLockport, New York

Lockport Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force ADCOM General Surveillance Radar station in Cambria, New York.

History

Initially established at Fort Niagara in 1950 before relocating to Lockport site. It was a joint USAF and US Army station from 1951 to 1969. The Air Defense squadron inactivated on 29 June 1979. The key infrastructure like the three radomes (AN/FPS-7 and twin AN/FPS-6 radars) have been demolished. Today the former station is partially vacant with base apartments for private use and commercial redevelopment.^[1]

It was a part of the RCC (NORAD Regional Control Center) a SAGE network, located at Syracuse AFS.

Units

• 763rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - 1950
• 763rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) - 1959
• 763rd Radar Squadron - 1974

Assignments

• 540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group 1951-1952
• 32nd Air Division 1952-1953
• 4704th Defense Wing 1953-1956
• 4708th Defense Wing 1956
• 30th Air Division 1956-1958
• Syracuse Air Defense Sector 1958-1963
• 2nd Artillery Group (Air Defense) 1961-1969
• Detroit Air Defense Sector 1963-1966
• 34th Air Division 1966-1969
• 35th Air Division 1969
• 21st Air Division 1969-1979

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