Information for Eufaula AFS, AL

Latitude: 31-52-52 N, Longitude: 85-15-14 W

Perm ID	Sage ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
TM-199	Z-199	609	Eufaula AFS, AL	FPS-24; FPS-90; FPS-26A	FPS-24; FPS-90; FPS-26A	early 1959	08-Sep-68	Plans for an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar were cancelled; an AN/FPS-24 FD search radar was installed instead. The AN/FPS-24 FD search radar and the AN/FPS-26 FD height-finder radar at this site were the prototypes. The AN/FPS-26A was later modified to show FSS-7 feasibility. Reportedly, site closed when the AN/FPS-24 radar suffered a bearing failure.
TM-199A			Davenport, AL					Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. Reportedly, never became operational.
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).

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

TM-199

Z-199

609

Eufaula AFS, AL

FPS-24; FPS-90; FPS-26A

early 1959

08-Sep-68

Plans for an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar were cancelled; an AN/FPS-24 FD search radar was installed instead. The AN/FPS-24 FD search radar and the AN/FPS-26 FD height-finder radar at this site were the prototypes. The AN/FPS-26A was later modified to show FSS-7 feasibility. Reportedly, site closed when the AN/FPS-24 radar suffered a bearing failure.

TM-199A

Davenport, AL

Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. Reportedly, never became operational.

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).

History of Eufaula AFS, AL

This site became operational in early 1959 when a test model of the AN/FPS-24 FD search radar and a test model of the AN/FPS-26 FD height-finder radar were installed for evaluation (an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar had been planned, but was cancelled). An AN/FPS-90 height-finder radar was also installed. In the 1960s, the installation became permanent and part of the SAGE system. The tending 609th Radar Squadron was deactivated in September 1968 following a catastrophic failure of the main bearing of the AN/FPS-24 radar set that reportedly damaged the steel tower.

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

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