Information for Brookfield, OH

Latitude: 41-13-03.55 N, Longitude: 080-33-43.62 W

Perm ID	Sage ID	JSS ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
RP-62E	Z-62E			Brookfield, OH	FPS-18		Feb-64	Jun-68	Gap-Filler Annex. Located at former LRR site, P-62. The gap-filler radar tower was torn down some time in the mid 1990's; it had been left in place with its radome (and presumably the radar equipment, too).

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Sage ID

JSS ID

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RP-62E

Z-62E

Brookfield, OH

FPS-18

Feb-64

Jun-68

Gap-Filler Annex. Located at former LRR site, P-62. The gap-filler radar tower was torn down some time in the mid 1990's; it had been left in place with its radome (and presumably the radar equipment, too).

History of Brookfield, OH

The 662nd AC&W Squadron began operating AN/FPS-3 and AN/FPS-5 radars from this site in April 1952. This operation allowed Lashup site L-18 at Ravenna, OH, to shut down. In 1957 the AN/FPS-5 height-finder radar was replaced with an AN/FPS-4, and then the AN/FPS-4 was replaced with an AN/FPS-6 in 1958. The P-62 site designation and the 662nd Radar Squadron were transferred to Oakdale, Pennsylvania, when radar operations ceased at Brookfield AFS on 1 Nov 1959. This site at Brookfield became a gap-filler radar site (RP-62E). The Brookfield site operated as a gap-filler annex from Feb 1964 until June 1968. The GATR site (R-12) at Brookfield also remained in operation (but dates are not given).

References: "Searching the Skies"; misc. ADCOM documents; eyewitness accounts.

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Information for Brookfield, OH

Latitude: 41-13-03.55 N, Longitude: 080-33-43.62 W

History of Brookfield, OH

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