Information for Eagle Pass AFS, TX

Latitude: 28-51-36 N, Longitude: 100-31-37 W

Call Sign(s): Red Cent


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
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TM-188     733 Eagle Pass AFS, TX FPS-20A; FPS-6   1959 30-Jun-63 Plans for an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar were cancelled. The site was originally the Eagle Pass Army Air Field, located 10 miles north of Eagle Pass in Maverick County. Following the radar-site closure, the facility has been used for county housing.
TM-188A       Carrizo Springs, TX FPS-18   Oct-59 Jun-63 Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant.
TM-189B / TM-188C       Laredo, TX FPS-18   Oct-59 Jun-63 Gap-Filler Annex. Site is located roughly 15 miles north-northeast of Laredo, about 2 miles south of Webb, and about a half mile east of I-35.

Current Use: County housing; site is now a town named ''Radar Base, TX.''

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