Information for Cross City AFS, FL

Latitude: 29-38-10 N, Longitude: 083-05-55 W

Call Sign(s): Facade

Perm ID	Sage ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
TM-200	Z-200	691	Cross City AFS, FL	FPS-20A / FPS-66A; FPS-6A (2)	1959	30-Sep-70	Plans for an AN/FPS-28 FD search radar were cancelled. Different site from Cross City JSS site (Old Town), now with ARSR-4.
TM-199B	Z-199B / Z-200B		Bridgeboro, GA	FPS-18	Oct-59	05-Jun-70	Gap-Filler Annex. Both building and radar tower are still extant. Site designation changed from Z-199B to Z-200B when Eufaula AFS, AL (Z-199) closed in 1968; the Bridgeboro GFA transferred administratively to Cross City AFS, FL (Z-200). According to the 1955 CONAD History document, site TM-200B was planned to be at/near Lake City, FL (with an FPS-14).
TM-200A	Z-200A		Perry, FL	FPS-18	Apr-61	05-Jun-70	Gap-Filler Annex. Both building and radar tower are still extant. Located on the north side of Perry-Foley Airport, just off Industrial Drive, south of town. The airport itself was originally the Perry Army Airfield.
TM-200B			Lake City, FL **	(FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18)			** Gap-Filler Annex. In early ADC plans, but never was built. Possible planned location might have been at the Lake City Naval Air Station, now Municipal Airport. Later, site TM-199B / Z-199B at Bridgeboro, GA, became site Z-200B.

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

TM-200

Z-200

691

Cross City AFS, FL

FPS-20A / FPS-66A; FPS-6A (2)

1959

30-Sep-70

Plans for an AN/FPS-28 FD search radar were cancelled. Different site from Cross City JSS site (Old Town), now with ARSR-4.

TM-199B

Z-199B / Z-200B

Bridgeboro, GA

FPS-18

Oct-59

05-Jun-70

Gap-Filler Annex. Both building and radar tower are still extant. Site designation changed from Z-199B to Z-200B when Eufaula AFS, AL (Z-199) closed in 1968; the Bridgeboro GFA transferred administratively to Cross City AFS, FL (Z-200). According to the 1955 CONAD History document, site TM-200B was planned to be at/near Lake City, FL (with an FPS-14).

TM-200A

Z-200A

Perry, FL

FPS-18

Apr-61

05-Jun-70

Gap-Filler Annex. Both building and radar tower are still extant. Located on the north side of Perry-Foley Airport, just off Industrial Drive, south of town. The airport itself was originally the Perry Army Airfield.

TM-200B

Lake City, FL **

(FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18)

** Gap-Filler Annex. In early ADC plans, but never was built. Possible planned location might have been at the Lake City Naval Air Station, now Municipal Airport. Later, site TM-199B / Z-199B at Bridgeboro, GA, became site Z-200B.

History of Cross City AFS, FL

In 1959, the 691st AC&W Squadron activated an AN/FPS-20A search and a pair of AN/FPS-6A height-finder sets at this northern Florida site. In 1960, Cross City AFS joined the SAGE system. An AN/FPS-28 FD search radar was planned, but was subsequently cancelled. In 1962, the search radar was upgraded to an AN/FPS-66 radar, and then to an AN/FPS-66A in 1967. In 1969 one AN/FPS-6 was removed. The Air Force deactivated the 691st Radar Squadron on 30 September 1970.

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

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