Information for Fallon NAS (Manual), NV

Latitude: 39-24-26.55 N, Longitude: 118-41-58.12 W

Call Sign(s): Backmoss, Dutiful, Sweet Sixteen

Perm ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
SM-156	858	Fallon NAS (Manual), NV	MPS-7, FPS-3; MPS-14	May-56	circa 1961 *	* Relocated across base to the southwest corner. See also ''Fallon NAS, NV'' (SAGE radar operation).
SM-156A		Gabbs, NV	(FPS-14 planned); FPS-18	Jan-59	Dec-60	Gap-Filler Annex. Location verified by USACE.
SM-156B		Desert Peak, NV **	(FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18)			** Gap-Filler Annex. In early ADC plans, but never was built. Other references list the site as Desert Rock.
SM-156C		Lovelock, NV **	(FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18)			Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built.

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

SM-156

858

Fallon NAS (Manual), NV

MPS-7, FPS-3; MPS-14

May-56

circa 1961 *

* Relocated across base to the southwest corner. See also ''Fallon NAS, NV'' (SAGE radar operation).

SM-156A

Gabbs, NV

(FPS-14 planned); FPS-18

Jan-59

Dec-60

Gap-Filler Annex. Location verified by USACE.

SM-156B

Desert Peak, NV **

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

** Gap-Filler Annex. In early ADC plans, but never was built. Other references list the site as Desert Rock.

SM-156C

Lovelock, NV **

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

Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built.

History of Fallon NAS (Manual), NV

This Air Force radar site, located at the south cental section of Naval Air Station Fallon, became operational in 1956 when the 858th AC&W Squadron activated AN/MPS-7 search and AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar sets. An AN/FPS-3 search set briefly saw service here in 1959. Circa 1961 the site joined the SAGE system. In this time frame, the radar site was relocated from the original location in the south central part of the Naval Air Station grounds to the far southwest corner. At the new SAGE radar site, the squadron used an AN/FPS-35 search radar that replaced the AN/MPS-7 set in 1963. In 1964 an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar was added. Around 1965 Fallon became an FAA/ADC joint-use facility. The AN/MPS-14 radar was retired in 1969. In the early 1970s, the AN/FPS-35 was replaced with an AN/FPS-66A. The 858th Radar Squadron (SAGE) was deactivated in June 1975. The FAA retained the AN/FPS-66A search radar, still in-use today.

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

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