| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM-162 | Z-162 | 864 | Vincent AFB, Yuma, AZ | CPS-5D, CPS-4; MPS-7, MPS-14; MPS-8 | 1956 | 01-Aug-63 | Base collocated with Yuma Airport and Yuma MCAS. A new SAGE radar site (RSM-162 / Z-162) was being built south of the MCAS, but was not completed due to squadron deactivation. | ||
| M-128C / SM-162H | Topock, AZ | (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18) | Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. Located alongside National Old Trails Road, south of Franconia, AZ. | ||||||
| M-128D / SM-162I | Poston, AZ | (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18) | Gap-Filler Annex. The LRR facility was originally constructed for the Colorado War Relocation Camp to house Japanese during WWII. However, apparently was never activated as an AC&W radar station. Instead, gap-filler radar site M-128D / SM-162I was built here (but was not activated). | ||||||
| SM-162A | Tacna, AZ | FPS-14 | May-58 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. Located atop Radar Hill on Wellton Mesa, west-southwest of Tacna. | ||||
| SM-162B | Corn Springs, CA | (FPS-18 planned) | Gap-Filler Annex. Demolished. Only the building's concrete pad and three radar-tower foundations/footings remain. | ||||||
| SM-162C | Stone Cabin, AZ | FPS-18 | Feb-59 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. Located just north of the US Army's Yuma Proving Grounds, off US Rte 95. | ||||
| SM-162D | Palo Verde, CA | (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18) | Gap-Filler Annex. Built, but apparently, was never operational. | ||||||
| SM-162F | Cactus City, CA ** | (FPS-14 first planned, then FPS-18) | Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early ADC plans, but never was built |
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