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Blaine Air Force Station

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defense radar stations. Today, much of Blaine AFS remains intact, the station however is scheduled for redevelopment and is to be "Bay Horizon Park". The park will be a camp, conference and recreation center. It is unclear which parts of the former Air Force Station will remain and which parts will be torn down.
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Over the years, the equipment at the station was upgraded or modified to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the information gathered by the radars. The 757th Radar Squadron was inactivated on 30 March 1979 as part of the inactivation of Air Defense Command and the general draw down of air
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radars in January 1952, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.
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The 757th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W Sq) was assigned to Birch Bay AFS, Washington on 27 November 1950. The 757th AC&W Sq began operating a pair of
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The Ground-to-Air Transmitter-Receiver (GATR) facility was located off-station roughly 3 miles east of the main station.
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A height-finder radar which replaced the AN/FPS-6. On 31 July 1963, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z-46.
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The site was renamed Blaine Air Force Station on 1 December 1953. In 1959 Blaine AFS switched to operating an
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Blaine Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
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General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of
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In addition to the main facility, Blaine operated an AN/FPS-14 Gap Filler site:
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List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
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Installations of the United States Air Force in Washington (state)
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A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980
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Site renamed Blaine Air Force Station on 1 December 1953
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Activated at Paine Field, Washington on 27 November 1950
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permanent radar network. Prompted by the start of the
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Blaine AFS is located in Washington (state)
48°54′48″N 122°44′04″W / 48.91333°N 122.73444°W / 48.91333; -122.73444 (Blaine AFS P-46)
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48°27′15″N 122°37′33″W / 48.45417°N 122.62583°W / 48.45417; -122.62583 (P-46A)
505th Aircraft Control and Warning Group

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