| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM-157 | Z-157 | 859 | Red Bluff AFS, CA | MPS-8; MPS-11; FPS-67; FPS-6; FPS-6A/-90 | FPS-67B; FPS-6; FPS-90 | 1956 | 30-Sep-70 | FAA site now, still operating the FPS-67B (now modernized as a Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar, CARSR). | |
| SM-157A | Z-157A | Janesville, CA | FPS-18 | Jun-60 | 31 Dec 67 * | Gap-Filler Annex. Deactivated prior to Dec 1960; then reactivated prior to Dec 1963. Located atop Thompson Peak. | |||
| SM-157B | Whitmore, CA | 1962 | Gap-Filler Annex. Located atop Clover Mountain. Site reportedly closed in 1962 when a fierce wind storm toppled the radar tower. | ||||||
| SM-157C | Z-157C | Hayfork, CA | FPS-18 | Jun-60 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Site was atop Hayfork Bally. |
Current Use: Still active. This now-FAA long-range radar site is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System (post 9/11).
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