Information for Burns AFS, OR

Latitude: 43-33-41.75 N, Longitude: 119-09-06.20 W

Call Sign(s): Glen Gray


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
Inact.
Date
Notes
M-118 Z-118   634 Burns AFS, OR MPS-7; MPS-14; FPS-7B; FPS-6/-90 (2) FPS-66A; FPS-90 1955 30-Sep-70 Site located on Burns Butte, about 5 miles southwest of town. Family housing was at an off-site annex near town. Plans for an AN/FPS-24 or -35 FD search radar were cancelled; the site received an AN/FPS-7C search radar instead. Sq reactivated at new Lake Charles AFS, LA (Z-248), 1972 - 1974.
M-118A Z-118A     Burns Junction, OR FPS-18   Sep-58 Dec-60 Gap-Filler Annex. Location has been verified by a veteran who once visited the site when it was active.
M-118C       Beulah, OR **         ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built.

Current Use: Abandoned.

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