Perm ID	Sage ID	JSS ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
P-44	Z-44	J-80	758	Makah AFS, WA	FPS-3; CPS-4; FPS-7A; FPS-90; FPS-26A	FPS-7A; FPS-90; FPS-26A. FPS-91A; FPS-116 (JSS). TPS-43.	Jan-52	JSS ARSR-4 site now	BUIC-I. Site sits atop Bahokus Peak (near Neah Bay, WA). FPS-7A later became FPS-107V1. Was to have remained a blue-suit site, but is now shared with FAA (JSS). BUIC-I ops ended 1 Mar 66.

History of Makah AFS, WA

Assuming coverage from lashup site L-34 at Neah Bay, the 758th AC&W Squadron started operating an AN/FPS-3 long-range search radar and an AN/CPS-4 height-finder radar at this site in January 1952. The land for this site was leased from the Makah Indian Reservation. During the next decade this site saw a variety of radars. By 1963 the 758th Radar Squadron operated an AN/FPS-7A search radar and AN/FPS-90 and AN/FPS-26A height-finder radars. The site began feeding the Seattle Air Defense Sector SAGE center in February 1960. In the 1970?s, the AN/FPS-7A was modified to an AN/FPS-107V1. Circa 1977 the AN/FPS-90 height-finder radar was modified to an AN/FPS-116. In October 1979 the site came under TAC jurisdiction. Circa 1980 the AN/FPS-107V1 was replaced with an AN/FPS-91A search set, with an AN/TPS-43E search radar temporarily operating atop the old AN/FPS-26A tower during the radar change-over. The AN/FPS-116 was retired circa 1988. In the latter 1990?s the AN/FPS-91A was replaced by an FAA-operated ARSR-4 radar.

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

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Information for Makah AFS, WA

Latitude: 48-22-18 N, Longitude: 124-40-34 W

Call Sign(s): Nora

History of Makah AFS, WA