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Cape Makkovik Air Station

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|name=Cape Makkovik Air Station
|partof= Pinetree Line
|location= Labrador, Canada
|coordinates={{Coord|55|13|30|N|059|08|45|W|display=inline|name=Cape Makkovik AS N-28A}}
|image= 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - Emblem.png
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|caption=
|type=Radar Station
|code=N-28A
|built=1957
|builder=United States Air Force
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|used=1957-1961
|demolished=
|condition=
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|controlledby= Aerospace Defense Command
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}}{{Location map|Canada Newfoundland and Labrador|label=Cape Makkovik
|marksize=6|mark=Red_pog.svg
|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=55|lat_min=13|lat_sec=30
|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=059|lon_min=08|lon_sec=45
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|caption=Location of Cape Makkovik Air Station, Labrador}}{{kml}}Cape Makkovik Air Station (ADC ID: N-28A) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located {{convert|140|mi|km}} north-northeast of CFB Goose Bay.^[1] It was closed in 1961.^[2]

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 Hopedale Air Station and part of Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.

The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-28A" (later "C-28A)." Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 923d 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:

Activated as 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 13 June 1953

Moved to Hopedale Air Station, 1 October 1953

Inactivated 1961.

Assignments:

4732d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957
Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960

References

1. ^http://www.radomes.org/museum/cadin.html
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.radomes.org/cgi-bin/museum/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Cape+Makkovik+AS,+NL,+CN%22&key=CapeMakkovikASNLCN|title=Information for Cape Makkovik AS, NL, CN|author=|date=|website=www.radomes.org}}

A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
Information for Cape Makkovik AS, NL

7 : Radar stations of the United States Air Force|Installations of the United States Air Force in Canada|Military installations closed in 1961|Military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador|Military installations established in 1957|1957 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador|1961 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador

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