| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-42 | 663 | Lake City AFS, TN | AN/CPS-6B; FPS-10 (2); FPS-6 | Jun-52 | 01-Jun-61 | Radar site was located on the summit of Cross Mountain, west of town of Lake City, near Briceville. A tramway was used to reach the mountain top. | |||
| P-42A / M-111F | Aquone, NC | Gap-Filler Annex. Never operational, reportedly. | |||||||
| P-42B | London, KY | Gap-Filler Annex. Reportedly never activated. Location is speculative; possibly was on Raccoon Mountain / Cutoff Knob (which is the highest point in the county). | |||||||
| P-42C / M-111G | Melvin Hill, NC | FPS-18 | ** | ** | Gap-Filler Annex. ** Reportedly, was briefly operational; however, ADC listed no dates. Located alongside SR 1353, Radar Road. Became an annex of Marietta AFS (M-111) in 1961; was declared excess in 1962. |
Current Use: Radar site is abandoned. Cantonment area is owned and occupied by a coal company (barracks have been removed, though). Housing units are occupied.
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