| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-54 | Z-54 | 770 | Palermo AFS, NJ | CPS-4; FPS-3; FPS-20; FPS-6 (2) | FPS-65; FPS-6 | 1948 | 1961 | Squadron relocated to Ft. Meade, MD (RP-54/Z-227). GATR was R-14. Palermo AFS itself re-opened a year later as site Z-54 with the 680th Radar Squadron (transferred from Yaak AFS, MT, P-11). After final site closure, GATR was designated as R-28. | |
| P-54A, RP-63E, P-56B | Z-56B | Bethany Beach, DE | FPS-14 | Sep-57 | Jun-68 | Gap-Filler Annex. Former U.S. Army Air Warning Station (AWS) #11. Located 2.5 miles SW of Bethany Beach, DE. Originally was P-54A. |
Current Use: Demolished (except for the housing area). [Note: This is the first Palermo AFS operation that ceased in 1961; see also the 680th Radar Squadron (SAGE), Palermo AFS, that operated from 1962 until 1970.] Housing area is presently up for sale.
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