Information for Finley, ND JSS site

Latitude: 47-31-42 N, Longitude: 097-54-03 W

Perm ID	Sage ID	JSS ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
	Z-303	J-75		Finley, ND JSS site	1979: ARSR-3; FPS-116	JSS ARSR-4 site now	Nov-79		New FAA/USAF JSS radar site, replacing the original Finley AFS, ND (Z-29). [Located at old GATR site, ~ a mile or so WNW of the former USAF radar site.]

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

Z-303

J-75

Finley, ND JSS site

1979: ARSR-3; FPS-116

JSS ARSR-4 site now

Nov-79

New FAA/USAF JSS radar site, replacing the original Finley AFS, ND (Z-29). [Located at old GATR site, ~ a mile or so WNW of the former USAF radar site.]

History of Finley, ND JSS site

The 785th Radar Squadron (SAGE) was deactivated, and radar operations at Finley AFS (Z-29) ceased, on 30 December 1979 when a new JSS site was activated at the former GATR site about a mile to the northwest. The new Finley JSS site (Z-303/J-75) began operations with an FAA ARSR-3 search radar and an Air Force AN/FPS-116 height-finder radar (removed circa 1988). That site now operates an ARSR-4, as of the mid/late 1990?s.

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

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