Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site is a radar site of the United States Air Force. It is located 1.6 miles east-southeast of Fort Yukon, Alaska. It was the former Fort Yukon Air Force Station, a General Surveillance Radar station. The ground control intercept station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was redesignated as a Long Range Radar site as part of t…
Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site is a radar site of the United States Air Force. It is located 1.6 miles east-southeast of Fort Yukon, Alaska. It was the former Fort Yukon Air Force Station, a General Surveillance Radar station. The ground control intercept station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was redesignated as a Long Range Radar site as part of the Alaska Radar System. Today, it remains active as part of the Alaska NORAD Region under the jurisdiction of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
Built: 1958
Controlled by: United States Air Force
In use: 1958-Present
Garrison: 709th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (1958-1983)
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