| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-89 | Z-89 | 683 | Sweetwater AFS, TX | MPS-11; TPS-10D; FPS-6A / -90 | FPS-67B; FPS-90 | 1956 | 30-Sep-69 | USAF site shared with Army for Nike Missile air-defense system. Located at Avenger Field. Plans for an AN/FPS-24 or -35 FD search radar were cancelled. After the facility was closed, the property was released to the city of Sweetwater. | |
| M-89A | Ballinger, TX ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In early ADC plans, but reportedly was never was built. | |||||||
| M-89B | Big Spring, TX | FPS-18 | May-60 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Located in present-day Big Spring State Park, just east of Webb AFB. | ||||
| M-89C | Brownfield, TX | Gap-Filler Annex. Reportedly, never operational. | |||||||
| M-89D / P-78A | Southbend, TX ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built. | |||||||
| M-89E | Sidney, TX | FPS-18 | May-60 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. | ||||
| M-89F / M-88B | Cone, TX ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built. |
Current Use: Site is now the Sweetwater Municipal Airport and the Rolling Plains campus of Texas State Technical Institute.
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