Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site
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Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site is a radar site of the United States Air Force. It is located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east-southeast of Fort Yukon, Alaska.
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Fort Yukon Air Force Station Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site | |
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Part of Eleventh Air Force (PACAF) | |
Coordinates | 66°33′39″N 145°12′34″W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1958 |
In use | 1958-Present |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 709th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (1958-1983) |
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It was the former Fort Yukon Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-14, LRR ID: A-01), a General Surveillance Radar station. The ground control intercept (GCI) station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was redesignated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) 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.