Information for Highlands AFS, NJ

Latitude: 40-23-29.5 N, Longitude: 073-59-38.5 W

Call Sign(s): Jitney; Dora (ADC); Snappy Tom (AADCP)


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
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Date
Notes
P-9 Z-9   646 Highlands AFS, NJ CPS-6b(2); FPS-8/GPS-3; [FPS-6A (2) Army]; FPS-7; FPS-6, -90 FPS-7C; FPS-90; FPS-26A; [Army: FPS-69, after USAF left] 1948 01 July 1966 Site had the first operational AN/FPS-7 search radar. TT-4 was an Annex. Site shared with Army for Nike Missile air-defense system (NY-55DC); Army had its own FPS-6A height-finder radars. Site then turned over to Army in 1966; USAF unit became Det. 1, 772nd RADS (used the old FPS-26 for experiments). Army reportedly replaced the AN/FPS-7C search radar with an AN/FPS-69 ABAR radar. Site closed altogether in 1974.
P-30A; P-9B Z-9B     Duttonville, NJ ** (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18)       ** Gap-Filler Annex. To have been located in High Point State Park, NJ.; to have replaced a planned Army Nike FPS-36 radar site. In early ADC plans, but never was built. The 1955 CONAD History document identifies the site first as P-30A, then as P-9B.
P-9A Z-9A     Gibbsboro, NJ FPS-14   Mar-57 Dec-60 Gap-Filler Annex. In 1957, Gibbsboro became the first location in the nation of a gap-filler radar. Later collocated with Army Nike long-range radar site; then became USAF LRR site RP-63 / Z-63. Now is JSS site J-51.

Current Use: No longer extant. Site is now part of Hartshorne Woods Park, being restored to its natural state.

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