Information for Cottonwood AFS, ID

Latitude: 46-04-01 N, Longitude: 116-27-51 W


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
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SM-150 Z-150   822 Cottonwood AFS, ID MPS-7, MPS-14, FPS-24; FPS-6; FPS-6A FPS-24; FPS-6; FPS-90 1959 01-Jul-65 Radar & Ops located atop Cottonwood Butte; cantonment area became a Youth Corps site, but is now a correctional institution. Family housing near town. Site closed when FPS-24 suffered a bearing failure. This site had one of only two AN/FPS-24's covered with a radome.
SM-150A Z-150A     Waha, ID FPS-18   Mar 59 1 Sep 60 Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant.

Current Use: As of 1974, the Cantonment area is now home to the North Idaho Correctional Institution (NICI).

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