AN/TPS-43

AN/TPS-43


This photo is of an AN/TPS-43 transportable search radar, which was used mostly by USAF Tactical Control Squadrons and Aircraft Control Squadrons. As we understand, when Lake Charles AFS, LA, re-opened as part of the Southern Air-Defense System (ADCOM), an AN/TPS-43 was used there until an AN/FPS-20 series radar could be obtained and installed. Also, an AN/TPS-43E was used at Makah AFS, WA, during the change-out of the search radar (from the AN/FPS-107V1 to the AN/FPS-91A; see "Photographs" for Makah AFS). The photo shown here was taken in front of the Historical Electronics Museum near BWI Airport, Baltimore, MD.
AN/TPS-43 Pamphlet (5MB PDF)