Cut Throat Island Air Station

Cut Throat Island Air Station
Part of Pinetree Line
Labrador, Canada

Emblem of the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Coordinates 54°29′47″N 057°08′00″W / 54.49639°N 57.13333°W / 54.49639; -57.13333 (Cut Throat Island N-27A)
Type Radar Station
Site information
Controlled by Aerospace Defense Command
Site history
Built 1957
Built by United States Air Force
In use 1957-1961
Cut Throat Island AS
Location of Cut Throat Island Air Station, Labrador

Cut Throat Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27A) is a closed General Surveillance-Gap Filler radar station. It is located 160 miles (260 km) east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] It was closed in 1961.

History

The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.

The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27A". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.[2]

USAF units and assignments

Units:

Moved to Cartwright Air Station, 1 October 1953
Discontinued 1961[3]

Assignments:

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. ↑ http://www.radomes.org/museum/cadin.html
  2. ↑ Information for Cut Throat Island AS, NL
  3. ↑ Information for Cut Throat Island AS, NL

External links

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