Information for Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA

Latitude: 33-54-14 N, Longitude: 084-29-12 W

Perm ID	Sage ID	JSS ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
SM-166; M-111			908	Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA	MPS-11, FPS-8; TPS-10; FPS-6	+	1956	1961 +	+ First called Atlanta (SM-166), this AC&W radar station was later relocated about a mile to the west, where an FAA ARSR-1A search radar had been installed in 1959. Earlier planned locations for the M-111 radar site had included Camp Williams, WI; then Pembina, ND; and then Hallock, MN. Radar site SM-166 was first sited at Oglethorpe, GA, before being moved to Atlanta and being redesignated as M-111.

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SM-166; M-111

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Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA

MPS-11, FPS-8; TPS-10; FPS-6

1956

1961 +

+ First called Atlanta (SM-166), this AC&W radar station was later relocated about a mile to the west, where an FAA ARSR-1A search radar had been installed in 1959. Earlier planned locations for the M-111 radar site had included Camp Williams, WI; then Pembina, ND; and then Hallock, MN. Radar site SM-166 was first sited at Oglethorpe, GA, before being moved to Atlanta and being redesignated as M-111.

History of Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA

There were two locations. The first site became operational in 1956 when the 908th AC&W Squadron activated an AN/MPS-11 search radar, later an AN/FPS-8 and an AN/TPS-10. Circa 1958 an AN/FPS-6 was added. In 1961 the unit relocated to the second site about a mile to the west where the FAA had installed an ARSR-1A radar in 1959. The Air Force added two AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars at the new radar site. In 1962 the station joined the SAGE system. The ARSR-1A was upgraded to an ARSR-1E in 1964. The 908th was deactivated in September 1968. The FAA still operates the ARSR-1E, now CARSR.

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

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