Information for Saint Albans AFS, VT

Latitude: 44-46-54 N, Longitude: 073-03-56 W

Call Sign(s): Moscow, Nightcap, Mud Pie

Perm ID	Sage ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
P-14	Z-14	764	Saint Albans AFS, VT	CPS-6B (2); FPS-7C; FPS-6 (2); FPS-26A	FPS-7C; FPS-26A; CARSR w/ FPS 1561 antenna [FAA].	Sep-51	01-Apr-79*	BUIC-II. Site is located at top of Bellevue Hill. FPS-7C later became FPS-107. FAA site now, with an AN/FPS-67B search radar, now modified to Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) radar as of 5/14/2012.
P-14A / P-10D / P-13C			Moultonboro, NH **					Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built. Location is speculative.
P-14B	Z-14B		Blue Mtn. Lake, NY	FPS-18		Jan-59	Dec-67	Gap-Filler Annex. Located on top of Blue Mountain.
P-14C	Z-14C		Bangor, NY	FPS-18		May-58	Jun-68	Gap-Filler Annex. The radar tower is still extant, but the building has been torn down.

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

P-14

Z-14

764

Saint Albans AFS, VT

CPS-6B (2); FPS-7C; FPS-6 (2); FPS-26A

FPS-7C; FPS-26A; CARSR w/ FPS 1561 antenna [FAA].

Sep-51

01-Apr-79*

BUIC-II. Site is located at top of Bellevue Hill. FPS-7C later became FPS-107. FAA site now, with an AN/FPS-67B search radar, now modified to Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) radar as of 5/14/2012.

P-14A / P-10D / P-13C

Moultonboro, NH **

Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built. Location is speculative.

P-14B

Z-14B

Blue Mtn. Lake, NY

FPS-18

Jan-59

Dec-67

Gap-Filler Annex. Located on top of Blue Mountain.

P-14C

Z-14C

Bangor, NY

FPS-18

May-58

Jun-68

Gap-Filler Annex. The radar tower is still extant, but the building has been torn down.

History of Saint Albans AFS, VT

The 764th AC&W Squadron began operating an AN/CPS-6B radar at this site in September 1951, and assumed coverage provided by L-3 at Fort Ethan Allen. The search portion of this radar remained in service until 1962. The height-finder portion was retired from service in 1958 with the arrival of an AN/FPS-6. A second AN/FPS-6 unit arrived during 1959. This was the year St. Albans joined the SAGE system. Beginning in 1962, this site operated with an AN/FPS-7C search radar. An AN/FPS-26A arrived in 1963 to replace one of the AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars. The other AN/FPS-6 was retired in 1968. The AN/FPS-7C was later upgraded to an AN/FPS-107. The 764th Radar Squadron (SAGE) was deactivated 1 April 1979. The FAA assumed control of the site, and continues to operate an AN/FPS-67B (now CARSR) search radar there today (in the former AN/FPS-107 radar tower).

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

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