| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAR-Main | A-21 | Barter Island, AK | FPS-19; FPS-23 | FPS-19; FPS-117 | 1953 | * | Original Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Main Site, and present-day North Warning System (NWS) Long-Range Radar Site (LRRS). The first DEW-Line radar station to become operational. FPS-117 long-range radar was installed in the winter of 1990. The prototype FPS-124 short-range radar was also installed here. |
Current Use: NWS LRRS. Located near the town of Kaktovik.
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