SAGE radar stations

Not to be confused with radar stations of the preceding Permanent System or the subsequent Joint Surveillance System.

SAGE radar stations
military installations
Buildings at Fortuna Air Force Station (Z-27) included the tower for the general surveillance Sperry AN/FPS-35 radar (top) and for a different radar with radome (left). In front of the FPS-35 tower is a pedestal for a previous radar, and the dark building to the right is for tbd.
Countries	United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland
Part of	SAGE Radar Network
Station types	on 1963 July 31 142 primary 96 gap-filler annexes
Location	Central SAGE node (NORAD/ADC center)
- coordinates	1963 Combined Operations Center 1966 Air Defense Operations Center
U.S. Radar JSS: SAGE: Permanent: LASHUP:	Networks 1980 December 23 1958 June 26 1952 May 1950 April

The SAGE radar stations of Air Defense Command (Aerospace Defense Command after 1968) were the military installations operated by USAF squadrons using the 1st automated air defense environment (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) and networked by the SAGE System, a computer network. Most of the radar stations used the Burroughs AN/FST-2 Coordinate Data Transmitting Set (CDTS) to automate the operator environment and provide radar tracks to sector command posts at SAGE Direction Centers (DCs), e.g., the Malmstrom Z-124 radar station was co-located with DC-20. The sector/division radar stations were networked by DCs and Manual Control Centers to provide command, control, and coordination (e.g., at Topsham AFS for the "Bangor North American Air Defense Sector") for ground-controlled interception of enemy aircraft by interceptors such as the F-106 developed to work with the SAGE System.

Background

Post-WWII radar stations included those of the 1948 "five-station radar net" and the Lashup network completed in 1950, followed by the "Priority Permanent System" with the initial (priority) radar stations completed in 1952 as a "manual air defense system" with Manual ADCCs (e.g., using Plexiglas plotting boards as at the 1954 Ent Air Force Base command center for ADC.) Several Lashup stations became permanent stations (Camp Hero L-10 became LP-45, Fort Custis L-15/LP-56/P-56, Palermo L-13/LP-54, Sault Sainte Marie L-17/LP-20, Highlands L-12/LP-9) and in 1951 some new Permanent System stations similarly designated LP-2, LP-16, etc., instead of using newly deployed radars, were outfitted with older radars such as the January 1945 GE AN/CPS-5 radar, 1948 Western Electric AN/TPS-1B Radar, Bendix AN/TPS-1C radar. The MX-1353 and other programs developed the AN/FPS-6, AN/MPS-10, and other Cold War radars

"At the end of 1957, ADC operated 182 radar stations…32 had been added during the last half of the year as low-altitude, unmanned gap-filler radars. The total consisted of 47 gap-filler stations, 75 Permanent System radars, 39 semimobile radars, 19 Pinetree stations,…1 Lashup[-era radar and a] single Texas Tower". SAGE System groundbreaking was at McChord Air Force Base for DC-12 in 1957 where the "electronic brain" began arriving in November 1958 for the Seattle Air Defense Sector, and the post-war Ground Observation Corps was disbanded in 1959.

Description

Radar station personnel monitored systems (e.g., local radars and remote radars at gap-filler annexes) and at most radar stations, used CDTS equipment such as the antenna control unit and the Range Height Indicator—CDTS range precision was 1,300 ft (400 m). Also part of the SAGE Air Defense System were radar stations in sectors with Manual Control Centers which provided radar tracks by voice communication, and 4th floor consoles of SAGE Direction Centers in adjacent sectors could input those stations' tracks in the "Manual Inputs" room adjacent to the "Communication Recording-Monitoring and VHF" room. Squadrons at some radar stations were the parent organizations for detachments at other stations, e.g., the 666th RADSQ at Mill Valley Z-38 was the parent of Detachment 2 at the Mather AFB radar station, and the 771st RADSQ at Cape Charles Z-56 was responsible for 3 gap-filler annexes in Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Most radar stations were part of the preceding Permanent System and some SAGE stations had Ground Air Transmit Receive (GATR) equipment for radioing command guidance by TDDL automated data link to autopilots of equipped interceptors for vectoring to targets (e.g., GATR site R-28 was at Palermo Z-54.) In addition to a squadron operations building (e.g., with CDTS), structures at the radar station included the radar pedestals (e.g., some CONUS stations such as Fort Heath used Arctic Towers), a squadron headquarters building, electrical generator and fuel storage structures, etc. Notable remaining structures of SAGE radar stations include the radar tower at the Selfridge Military Air Museum, the Walker AFS quonset hut next to the Arctic Tower, and the former SAGE barracks usad for the McChord AFB museum.

SAGE upgrades

Air Defense Command radar squadrons were renamed as personnel were assigned with training for the automated CDTS, e.g., the "609th Radar Squadron (SAGE)" was designated on September 1, 1958 (originally an AC&W Sq). The Air Defense Command reorganization when the SAGE System was deployed included the redesignation of Air Divisions to Air Defense Sectors in 1959, e.g., the 27th Air Division was renamed between February 1, 1959 and April 1, 1966, as the Los Angeles Air Defense Sector (LAADS) followed by the inactivation of units such as the Air Defense Forces (Western, Central, & Eastern, on July 1, 1960) and some Numbered Air Forces (e.g., Fourth Air Force, September 1, 1960). Radar station tracks were used for 1958 CIM-10 "BOMARC test firings at Patrick, Gunter, and McGuire", and a SAGE Radar Station was used for the 1st Bomarc intercept of a Cape Canaveral drone on August 7, 1958. A few SAGE radar stations provided radar tracks for use with the 8 operational Bomarc complexes, e.g., for 28 Upper Peninsula launch shelters ("Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site"), 56 shelters in New Jersey (operational September 1, 1959), and 56 Long Island shelters (SAGE codename "BED") near the "FOX" mainland site.

Of the 8 Permanent System stations that closed from 1959-1964 with squadrons relocating to stations with "RP" designations, 2 were the last remaining stations with the "LP" designation: (Elkhorn LP-31/RP-31F and Blue Knob LP-63). From 1959-1962, three NORAD radar stations were added for the SAGE Radar Network (i.e., after the 3rd semi-mobile phase of the Permanent System): Key West Z-209, Richmond Z-210, Patrick Z-211 in 1962. One SAGE radar station also provided gap-filler radar coverage for Nike Hercules: San Pedro Hill Z-39 (RP-39) for the 1963-74 Integrated Fire Control area of Malibu Nike battery LA-78 on San Vicente Mtn.

A few Permanent System stations continued operations without being redesignated with Z-xx "NORAD identification codes", e.g., 1952 Duncanville P-79 until 1964, 1958 Cottonwood SM-150 until 1965, and 1948 Hamilton P-48 until 1973. In 1963 when NORAD/ADC command operations moved from Ent AFB to the nearby Chidlaw Building's Combined Operations Center with SAGE-automation, on July 31 the SAGE radar stations were redesignated with the Z-xx codes. Some sector assignments were redesignated (e.g., Watertown AFS was assigned from the 1958 Syracuse Air Defense Sector to the Boston Air Defense Sector on September 4, 1963) and by the end of 1963 nearly all of the Permanent System radar stations not used for SAGE had closed. In 1966, Chidlaw Building operations transferred to the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker, SAGE's 1st BUIC II II CCCS was deployed (North Truro Z-10), and NORAD/ADC reorganized the Air Defense Sectors back to Air Divisions.

For the 1966 and later NORAD/ADC reorganizations, see NORAD § History.

JUSS radar stations

The joint-use site system (JUSS) was completed after the 1959 Missile Master Plan resolved the surface-to-air missile dispute: both the US Army & USAF SAMs would be deployed and their computers were integrated with each CCCS netting the USAF sector or Army region radar stations. The SAGE System used crosstelling of "SAGE reference track data" from the BOMARC AN/FSQ-7 to the NIKE Hercules AN/FSG-1's "two surveillance and entry consoles", and the 9 bunker sites had been selected by June 1957 for coordinating Army batteries' intercept of targets within an interior NIKE Defense Area of the USAF sector. Deployment of JUSS resulted in several "LP" Permanent System stations closing, and the squadrons relocated to new JUSS "RP" radar stations at most of the 9 sites where Army Missile Master bunkers were being constructed through December 14, 1960. Construction of the Highlands Army Air Defense Site for NY-55DC (4th Q-7) began adjacent to the 1948 Highlands P-9 to use the existing equipment as "Missile Master organic radars" and in 1961, the 770th Radar Squadron at Palermo LP-54 moved to the existing Ft Meade Nike AADCP (W-13DC with USAF RP-54 designation). Squadrons moving to new JUSS radar stations included the 635th RADSQ on May 15, 1960, to the 1st completed Missile Master bunker (Fort Lawton Air Force Station SE-90DC, January 21, 1960), and 2 JUSS installations used geographically-separate radar stations and Missile Master bunkers: the new San Pedro Hill RP-39 was TBD miles from the Ft MacArthur bunker (completed December 1960), and the new Gibbsboro RP-63 in 1961 later provided 1966 radar tracks to replace the Nike radars at Pedricktown PH-64DC, 15 mi (24 km) away.[1] As at San Pedro Hill (ARSR-tbd), the JUSS radar station at Fort Heath B-21DC (the 3rd FSG-1 & 2nd bunker completed--c. April 1960) also had a 1959 ARSR-1 radar of the FAA in addition to 2 USAF and 2 Army height finder radars.

Locations

Codes for Aerospace Defense Command radar stations in the United States

For a list of United States radar stations with the "L-xx" designation (prior to the Permanent System radar network), see Lashup Radar Network.

SAGE radar stations were grouped by Air Defense Sectors (Air Divisions after 1966). The SAGE System networked the radar stations in over 20 of the sectors using AN/FSQ-7 centrals in Direction Centers.

• LP-xx designates Permanent System stations using older radar equipment instead of radars deployed at "P-xx" stations
• P-xx designates "Priority Permanent System" stations completed by May 1952
• RP-xx designates a replacement of one of the permanent stations
• M-xx designates an initial a station of the 1953-7 semi-mobile radar probram
• SM-xx designates a station of the 1954-62 "second phase mobile radar program"
• TM-xx designates a station of the 1957-60 "third phase mobile radar program"
• TT-x designates the Texas Towers, radar tower rigs off the East Coast.
• Z-xx is the NORAD identification code

Codes for Aerospace Defense Command radar stations outside the United States

• C-xx sites on the Canadian Pinetree Line assigned to ADC
• G-xx sites in Greenland established by Northeast Air Command (NEAC) reassigned to ADC, redesignated as C-xx sites.
• H-xx sites in Iceland established by Military Air Transport Service or NEAC reassigned to ADC.
• N-xx Pinetree Line sites in Canada transferred from NEAC to ADC in 1957, redesignated as C-xx sites.
  Not to be confused with List of SAGE Direction Centers.

Aerospace Defense Command general surveillance radar stations

Perm ID	SAGE ID	Location	ST	Coordinates	Squadron	Activated	Inactivated	Sector/Division (Group)
C-21		Saskatoon Mountain AS	AB		919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1963	Spokane/25th
TM-196	Z-196 Z-249	Dauphin Island AFS	AL		693d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron; 635th Radar Squadron OL-G 630th Radar Squadron; OL-E 678th Air Defense Group	1959 1972	1970 1980 (J-12)
TM-199	Z-199	Eufaula AFS	AL		609th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1968
TM-197	Z-197	Thomasville AFS	AL		698th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1969
M-91	Z-91	Texarkana AFS	AR		703d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1968
SM-143		Walnut Ridge AFS	AR		725th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1963
TM-181	Z-181	Ajo AFS	AZ		612th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1969
M-128		Kingman AFS	AZ		659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1958
M-92	Z-92	Mount Lemmon AFS	AZ		684th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1969
SM-162		Vincent AFB	AZ		864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1963
M-93		Winslow AFS	AZ		904th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1963
C-20		Baldy Hughes AS	BC		918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1963
C-153		Kamloops AS	BC		825th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1958	1962
C-19		Puntzi Mountain AS	BC		917th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1962
M-96	Z-96	Almaden AFS	CA		682d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1957	1980
P-59	Z-59	Boron AFS	CA		750th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952	1975
P-2	Z-2	Cambria AFS	CA		775th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1980
P-48		Hamilton AFB	CA		724th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1946	1973	San Francisco/28th
P-33	Z-33	Klamath AFS	CA		777th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1981
RP-15	Z-15	Lompoc AFS	CA		669th Radar Squadron	1963	1968
P-74	Z-74	Madera AFS	CA		774th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1966
P-58		Mather AFB	CA		668th AC&W Sq until 1961, later 666th Radar Squadron (Det 2)	1951	1966
P-38	Z-38	Mill Valley AFS	CA		666th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1980 (J-33)	San Francisco/28th
P-76	Z-76	Mount Laguna AFS	CA		751st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952	1981	Los Angeles/27th (751st)
P-37	Z-37	Point Arena AFS	CA		776th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1998 (J-34)
SM-157	Z-157	Red Bluff AFS	CA		859th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1970
P-39		San Clemente Island AFS	CA		670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1960
RP-39	Z-39	San Pedro Hill AFS	CA		670th Radar Squadron	1961	1997 (J-31)	Los Angeles
P-15		Santa Rosa Island AFS	CA		669th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1963
TM-200	Z-200	Cross City AFS	FL		691st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1970	Montgomery
M-114	Z-114	Jacksonville NAS	FL		679th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1957	1981	Montgomery
	Z-209	Key West NAS	FL		671st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1962	1988	Montgomery
M-129	Z-129	MacDill AFB	FL		660th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1954	1980	Montgomery
	Z-211	Patrick AFB	FL		645th Radar Squadron	1961	1988	Montgomery
	Z-210	Richmond AFS	FL		644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1959	1988	Montgomery
TM-198	Z-198	Tyndall AFB	FL		678th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1983	Montgomery (678th)
M-87		Dobbins AFB	GA		908th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1958
M-111	Z-111	Marietta AFS	GA		908th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1968	Montgomery/35th
M-112	Z-112	Hunter AFB	GA		702d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1979
SM-165		Flintstone AFS	GA		867th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1960
G-32		Thule AS	GL		931st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1965
G-33		Thule AS	GL		931st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Det 1)	1952	1965
G-34		Thule AS	GL		931st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Det 2)	1952	1965
M-122		Dallas Center AFS	IA		650th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1957	Sioux City/30th
P-83	Z-83	Waverly AFS	IA		788th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1969	Sioux City/30th
SM-150		Cottonwood AFS	ID		822d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1965
RP-31	Z-31	Arlington Heights AFS	IL		755th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1960	1969	Chicago
P-70	Z-70	Belleville AFS	IL		798th Aircraft Control and Warning (Later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968	Chicago
SM-137		Carmi AFS	IL		704th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1957
P-85	Z-85	Hanna City AFS	IL		791st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
P-53	Z-53	Rockville AFS	IN		782d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1966
H-3		Hofn AS	IS		933d AC&W; 667th AC&W (1960), Air Defense, & Air Control squadrons	1951	1992
H-1A		Keflavik AS	IS		932d Air Control Squadron	1992	2006
		NAS Keflavik	IS		932d Air Control Squadron	1992	2006
		Thorshavn AS	IS		932d Air Control Squadron	1992	2006
H-2		Langanes AS	IS		667th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Air Control) Squadron	1952	1960
H-2A		Langanes AS	IS		667th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Air Control) Squadron	1992	2006
H-4A		Latrar AS	IS		934th Air Control Squadron	1992	2006
H-1		Rockville AS	IS		932d AC&W, Air Defense, & Air Control squadrons	1951	1992
H-4		Straumnes AS	IS		934th AC&W, Air Defense, & Air Control squadrons	1951	1992
P-47	Z-47	Hutchinson AFS	KS		793d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
P-72	Z-72	Olathe AFS	KS		738th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
M-131		Owingsville AFS	KY		809th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1957
P-82	Z-82	Snow Mountain AFS	KY		784th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
M-125		England AFB	LA		653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1963
M-126	Z-126	Houma AFS	LA		657th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1953	1970
TM-194	Z-248	Lake Charles AFS	LA		812th AC&W Sq, 630th RADSQ OL-F, 634th RADSQ, 678th ADG OL-D	1958	1995
MM-1		Fort Heath	MA		820th Radar Squadron (AC&W Sq 1961-2)	1959	1962
P-10	Z-10	North Truro AFS	MA		762d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1995	(762d)
C-17		Beausejour AS	MB		916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1961
SM-171		Andrews AFB	MD			1955	1960	Washington/85th
RP-54	Z-227	Ft Meade	MD		770th Radar Squadron	1961	1979	Washington
P-13	Z-13	Brunswick AFS	ME		654th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1965	Bangor/36th
M-110	Z-110	Bucks Harbor AFS	ME		907th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1988	Bangor/36th
P-80	Z-80	Caswell AFS	ME		766th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952	1979	Bangor/36th
P-65	Z-65	Charleston AFS	ME		765th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952	1979	Bangor/36th (765th)
M-105		Alpena AFS	MI		677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1957
P-16	Z-16	Calumet AFS	MI		665th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1988	Duluth/29th (665th)
P-67	Z-67	Custer AFS	MI		781st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1969
P-34	Z-34	Empire AFS	MI		752d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1978
M-109		Grand Marais AFS	MI		906th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1957
P-61	Z-61	Port Austin AFS	MI		754th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1988
P-66	Z-66	Sault Ste. Marie AFS	MI		753d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952	1979
P-20	Z-20	Selfridge AFB	MI		661st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1974
P-23		Willow Run AFS	MI		704th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1960	tbd/30th
SM-132	Z-132	Baudette AFS	MN		692d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1979	(692d)
P-18	Z-18	Chandler AFS	MN		787th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1969	Duluth/23rd
P-69	Z-69	Finland AFS	MN		756th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1984
SM-138		Grand Rapids AFS	MN		707th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1963
M-101		Rochester AFS	MN		808th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1957
P-36		Snelling AFS	MN		673rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1955	1961	tbd/31st
P-17	Z-17	Wadena AFS	MN		739th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1953	1970
SM-139		Willmar AFS	MN		721st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1961
P-68		Fordland AFS	MO		797th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1961
SM-169		Grandview AFB	MO		31st Air Division	1955	1961
P-64	Z-64	Kirksville AFS	MO		790th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
TM-195	Z-195	Crystal Springs AFS	MS		627th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1968
P-24	Z-24	Cut Bank AFS	MT		681st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1965	Great Falls
P-25	Z-25	Havre AFS	MT		778th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979	Great Falls (778th)
TM-179	Z-179	Kalispell AFS	MT		716th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1959	1978	Great Falls
TM-178	Z-178	Lewistown AFS	MT		694th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958	1971	Great Falls
SM-147	Z-147	Malmstrom AFB	MT		801st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956-1969	1969-1974	Great Falls
M-98	Z-98	Miles City AFS	MT		902d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1954	1968	Great Falls
P-26	Z-26	Opheim AFS	MT		779th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979	Great Falls
P-11		Yaak AFS	MT		680th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1960	Great Falls
M-116		Cherry Point MCAS	NC		614th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1957	1963
M-115	Z-115	Fort Fisher AFS	NC		701st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1997	(701st)
M-117	Z-117	Roanoke Rapids AFS	NC		632d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1978
M-130	Z-130	Winston-Salem AFS	NC		810th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1970
TM-177 TM-177B	Z-177 n/a	Dickinson AFS Alexander	ND		706th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1958 1960	1965 1967
P-29	Z-29	Finley AFS	ND		785th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979
P-27	Z-27	Fortuna AFS	ND		780th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1984	(780th)
P-28 P-28A P-28D	Z-28	Minot AFS Niobe Regan	ND		786th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1952-04 1957-10 1959-01	1979-07-01 1968-06 1968-06
SM-133	Z-133	Hastings AFS	NE		625th Radar Squadron	1962	1968	Sioux City/30th
P-71	Z-71	Omaha AFS	NE		789th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968	Kansas City|30th
M-104		Rye AFS	NH		644th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1957
P-9	Z-9	Highlands AFS	NJ		646th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1948	1966	New York/21st
RP-63	Z-63	Gibbsboro AFS	NJ		772d Radar Squadron	1961	1994	New York/21st
P-54	Z-54	Palermo AFS	NJ		770th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 680th Radar Squadron	1951	1970	New York/21st
N-27		Cartwright AS	NL		922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1968
N-28		Hopedale AS	NL		923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1957
N-24		Melville AS	NL		641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1971
N-22		Red Cliff AS	NL		642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1961
N-26		Saint Anthony AS	NL		921st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1968
N-23		Stephenville AS	NL		640th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1971
N-29		Saglek AS	NL		924th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1970
P-7		Continental Divide AFS	NM		769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1961
P-41		Kirtland AFB	NM		690th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1962	Albuquerque/34th
M-95		Las Cruces AFS	NM		685th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1963
P-51		Moriarty AFS	NM		768th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1961
P-8		Tierra Amarilla AFS	NM		767th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1959
M-90		Walker AFB	NM		686th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1963
M-94	Z-94	West Mesa AFS	NM		687th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1968
C-102		Barrington AS	NS		672d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1962
N-31		Frobisher Bay AB	NT		926th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1961
N-30		Resolution Island AS	NT		920th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1961
SM-156	Z-156	Fallon AFS	NV		858th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1975	Reno (858th)
SM-163	Z-163	Las Vegas AFS	NV		865th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1969
SM-164	Z-164	Tonopah AFS	NV		866th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1970 (to FAA)	Reno (858th)
M-127	Z-127	Winnemucca AFS	NV		658th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1968
P-21	Z-21	Lockport AFS	NY		763d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979	Syracuse
P-45	Z-45	Montauk AFS	NY		773d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1948	1981
P-3		Roslyn AFS	NY		645th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1958	New York/26th
P-50	Z-50	Saratoga Springs AFS	NY		656th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1977
P-49	Z-49	Watertown AFS	NY		655th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979	Syracuse
P-73	Z-73	Bellefontaine AFS	OH		664th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951-04	1969
SM-170		Wright-Patterson AFB	OH		58th Air Division	1955	1958
P-77		Bartlesville AFS	OK		796th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1961
P-52	Z-52	Oklahoma City AFS	OK		746th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1969	Oklahoma City/31st
P-62		Brookfield AFS	OH		662d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1959
C-15		Armstrong AS	ON		914th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1962
C-119		Lowther AS	ON		639th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1963
C-14		Pagwa AS	ON		913th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1963
C-10		Ramore AS	ON		912th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1962
C-16		Sioux Lookout AS	ON		915th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1962
SM-149	Z-149	Baker AFS	OR		821st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1959	1968
M-118	Z-118	Burns AFS	OR		634th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1970
P-32	Z-32	Condon AFS	OR		636th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1970
TM-180	Z-180	Keno AFS	OR		827th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1957	1979	(827th)
M-100	Z-100	Mount Hebo AFS	OR		689th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1957	1979
P-12	Z-12	North Bend AFS	OR		761st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1980
P-30	Z-30	Benton AFS	PA		648th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1975
P-63		Claysburg AFS	PA		772d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1961
RP-62	Z-62	Oakdale AFS	PA		662d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1959	1969
SM-159	Z-159	Aiken AFS	SC		861st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1975
M-113	Z-113	North Charleston AFS	SC		792d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1980
M-97		Ellsworth AFB	SD		740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1953	1962
M-99	Z-99	Gettysburg AFS	SD		903d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1968
SM-134	Z-134	Pickstown AFS	SD		695th Radar Squadron	1961	1968
P-42		Lake City AFS	TN		663d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1961
SM-145		Joelton AFS	TN		799th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1961
M-88	Z-88	Amarillo AFB	TX		688th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1968
P-78		Duncanville AFS	TX		745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1952	1964
TM-188		Eagle Pass AFS	TX		733d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1957	1963
P-79	Z-79 Z-240	Ellington AFB	TX		747th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron OL-C 630th Radar Squadron	1952	1979
TM-192		Killeen AFS	TX		814th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1957	1961
P-75	Z-75 Z-241	Lackland AFB	TX		741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron OL-D 630th Radar Squadron	1953 1972	1969 1976
TM-193		Lufkin AFS	TX		815th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1957	1961
TM-187		Ozona AFS	TX		732d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1963
RP-78	Z-78	Perrin AFS	TX		745th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1964	1969
TM-190		Port Isabel AFS	TX		811th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1958	1961
TM-186		Pyote AFS	TX		697th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1958	1963
TM-192		Rockport AFS	TX		813th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1958	1963
M-89	Z-89	Sweetwater AFS	TX		683d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1956	1969
TM-189		Zapata AFS	TX		742d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1957	1961
M-121	Z-121	Bedford AFS	VA		649th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1954	1975
P-56 P-56A P-56B P-56C	Z-56 Z-56A Z-56B Z-56C	Cape Charles AFS Temperanceville Bethany Beach Elizabeth City	VA VA DE NC		771st Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1981
RP-55	Z-55	Manassas AFS	VA		647th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1955	1965	Washington
M-103		Lyndonville AFS	VT		911th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1963
P-14	Z-14	Saint Albans AFS	VT		764th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979
P-46	Z-46	Blaine AFS	WA		757th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1979
P-60		Colville AFS	WA		760th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1961
P-6		Curlew AFS	WA		638th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1959
RP-1		Fort Lawton AFS	WA		635th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1960	1963
SM-172		Geiger Field	WA			1954	1958	Spokane/9th
L-29		Larson AFB	WA		637th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1950	1952-->
P-44	Z-44	Makah AFS	WA		758th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1982
P-1		McChord AFB	WA		635th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1960	Seattle/25th
SM-151	Z-151	Mica Peak AFS	WA		823d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1956	1975
P-57	Z-57	Naselle AFS	WA		759th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1966
P-40	Z-40	Othello AFS	WA		637th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1975	(637th)
P-19	Z-19	Antigo AFS	WI		676th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1977
P-35	Z-35	Osceola AFS	WI		674th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1975
M-106		Two Creeks AFS	WI		700th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1954	1957	Chicago/20th
P-31		Williams Bay AFS	WI		755th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron	1951	1960
P-43	Z-43	Guthrie AFS	WV		783d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron	1951	1968
TM-201	Z-201	Sundance AFS	WY		731st Radar Squadron	1960	1968
TT-2		Texas Tower No. 2			762d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron (Annex)	1958	1963	New York/21st
TT-3		Texas Tower No. 3			773d Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron (Annex)	1958	1963	New York/21st
TT-4		Texas Tower No. 4			646th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Annex)	1959	1961	New York/21st

Replacement

Many of the SAGE radar stations, particularly the locations with Air Route Surveillance Radars (e.g., San Pedro Hill Z-39) were retained when the SAGE System was replaced by the Joint Surveillance System for which the USAF declared full operational capability of the 1st 7 Regional Operational Control Centers (ROCCs) on December 23, 1980 (the NORAD Command Center was also upgraded). SAGE radar stations discontinued in 1980 included Almaden (activated 1957), Cambria (1951). Dauphin Island (1959), MacDill (1954), Mill Valley (1951), North Bend (1951), and North Charleston (1955); and stations eventually transferring to the Federal Aviation Administration included Mill Valley Air Force Station.

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