Information for Langanes AS, IS

Latitude: 66-16-44 N, Longitude: 014-59-37 W

Call Sign(s): Critic; Alligator


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
Inact.
Date
Notes
H-2 H-2   667 Langanes AS, IS FPS-3; FPS-20 / FPS-66   1951 Jan-61 In January 1961, H-2 search radar bubble was blown down during a storm. The 667 AC&W Squadron transferred to the newly-reactivated H-3 site at Hofn. The H-2 site was re-activated in 1992 with an FPS-117 radar.

Current Use: None. New site (now operated by NATO, as of 2006) is at Gunnolfvikursfjall, nearby.

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