Information for Bellefontaine AFS, OH

Latitude: 40-22-20 N, Longitude: 083-43-10 W

Call Sign(s): Moonshine


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
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Date
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P-73 Z-73   664 Bellefontaine AFS, OH FPS-3/-20/-66; CPS-4; FPS-6; FPS-6A FPS-27; FPS-6; FPS-26A 1952 30-Sep-69 Plans for an AN/FPS-28 FD search radar were cancelled; an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar was installed instead. Site sat atop Campbell Hill, the highest point in Ohio.
P-67B / P-73J Z-67B / Z-73J     Richland Center, IN FPS-18   Feb-60 Jun-68 Gap-Filler Annex. Located atop ''Mount Nebo.'' The FUDS report lists the site as Z-73J, meaning this GFA was transferred to Bellefontaine AFS, OH (Z-73) when Custer AFS, MI (Z-67) closed in June 1965. Building is still extant.
P-73A       Upland, IN ** (FPS-14 planned)       Gap-Filler Annex. ** In original ADC plans, but never was built.
P-73B       Paulding, OH ** (FPS-14 planned)       Gap-Filler Annex. ** In original ADC plans, but never was built.
P-73B       Stillwell, OH **         Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early 1960s ADC plans, but never was built.
P-73F       Ridgeville Center, OH **         Gap-Filler Annex. ** In early 1960s ADC plans, but never was built
P-73G       Warsaw, OH **         ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built.

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