| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-230 | Det. 8, 14 AF / 14 MWS | Laredo AFS, TX | FPS-17; FPS-78 | FSS-7 | 1956; 1968 | 1964; 1974 | USAF sensor site. Was in care-taker status for ~4 years between FPS-17 and FSS-7 operations. 2nd unit was originally the 4783rd Surveillance Squadron. Then it was HQ 14th Missile Warning Squadron (which relocated to MacDill AFB, FL 30 June 1975). The FSS-7 was installed as such; was not installed earlier as FPS-26 as were the other FSS-7's (reportedly, the AN/FPS-26 from Naselle AFS, WA, was the one modified by Avco and installed at this AF Station). |
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