Information for Silver City, NM (FAA site)

Latitude: 32-59-21.4 N, Longitude: 108-57-38.2 W

Perm ID	Sage ID	JSS ID	Unit	Location	Early Equip.	Final Equip.	Oper. Date	Inact. Date	Notes
Z-238	Z-245	J-28 / SVC	4929 ADS; OLAG 26 ADS	Silver City, NM (FAA site)	ARSR-2	ARSR-2; FPS-90 (FPS-116)	1966; 1972		Located atop Brushy Mountain. Part of the 1972 Southern Air Defense System. Now replaced by new ARSR-4 JSS site at Deming, NM (J-28A).

Perm ID

Sage ID

JSS ID

Unit

Location

Early
Equip.

Final
Equip.

Oper.
Date

Inact.
Date

Notes

Z-238

Z-245

J-28 / SVC

4929 ADS; OLAG 26 ADS

Silver City, NM (FAA site)

ARSR-2

ARSR-2; FPS-90 (FPS-116)

1966; 1972

Located atop Brushy Mountain. Part of the 1972 Southern Air Defense System. Now replaced by new ARSR-4 JSS site at Deming, NM (J-28A).

History of Silver City, NM (FAA site)

The FAA radar atop Brushy Mountain first became a SAGE data-tie site circa 1966 as site Z-238. Then, in late 1972, the site was again used (now as site Z-245) when a detachment of the Luke AFB-based 4629th Air Defense Squadron arrived to set up and operate an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar in conjunction with the FAA ARSR-2 set. The site continued as an FAA-operated JSS site (as OLAG, 26 ADS) after the 4929th ADS was deactivated in 1975. The site has since been 'replaced' by a new JSS site at Deming, NM, which operates an ARSR-4 radar. The Silver City site still operates as an FAA-only site, though.

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

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