Note: Several things tend to be confusing to the novice radar-site researcher: A number of AC&W Squadrons were formed at bases that themselves were not radar sites. The squadrons subsequently transferred to an actual radar station, or were deactivated. For example, the 609 AC&W Sq. was activated at Dobbins AFB, GA (which did not have a radar facility), then transferred to Eufaula AFS, AL (TM-199). The 612 AC&W Sq. was activated at Kirtland AFB, NM (which did not have a radar facility), then transferred to Ajo AFS, AZ (TM-181). The 672 AC&W Sq. was activated at Syracuse AFS, NY (which did not have a radar facility), then transferred to Barrington AS, NS, CN (M-102). The 644 AC&W Sq. was also activated at Syracuse AFS, NY, then transferred to Rye AFS, NH (M-104), and later to Richmond AFS, FL (Z-210). Likewise, the 649 AC&W Sq. was activated at Roslyn AFS, NY (which did not have a radar facility), then transferred to Bedford AFS, VA (M-121). The 617 AC&W Sq. and the 622 AC&W Sq. were both activated at Otis AFB, MA, but then were simply deactivated in Dec `54. [We could go on, but the examples are too numerous to list here.]

And some bases had two different radar-site designations, one that was used, and the other that was not (*). Examples include McChord AFB, WA (P-1 and P-4*); Malmstrom AFB, MT (P-83* and SM-147); and Oklahoma City AFS, OK (P-52 and P-86*). We have no knowledge of why these were so designated.