“Online Air-Defense Radar Museum” Trivia Quiz #2

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1. CONUS AC&W Radar Stations (and manual Air-Defense Control Centers) were originally designated by the letters L, LP, P, RP, M, SM, TM, and/or Z. What did these letters represent? What actual purpose did the designations M, SM, and TM serve? Answer

2. What was the Southern Air Defense System (SADS)? When did it come into existence, and why? Answer

3. Modern FAA / Air Force long-range radar sites in the CONUS are designated with the letter J. What does this letter represent? Answer

4. Which then-new FAA long-range radar facility used in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS) was originally the site of an Air Force gap-filler annex? Answer

5. Which then-new FAA long-range radar facility used in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS) was originally the site of an Army Nike-Missile Integrated Fire Control (IFC) radar site? Answer

6. Which then-new FAA long-range radar facility used in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS) was originally the site of an Air Force BOMARC Missile Ground-Air Transmitter (GAT) facility? What was the function of a GAT Site? Answer

7. All of the “new” ARSR-4 radars are installed in dedicated ARSR-4 style towers, except three. Name the three ARSR-4 radar sites where the radar there is installed in a different style tower. (One is outside the CONUS.) Answer

8. Of all the AN/FPS-27 search radar towers built in the CONUS, only one is still in use as a long-range radar facility today. Name the site. Answer

9. Which two CONUS radar stations had towers built for AN/FPS-27 search radars, but closed before the radars were installed? Answer

10. Which ADC gap-filler radar sites had 4-legged towers instead of the typical 3-legged towers, and why? Answer