Information for Carmi AFS, IL

Latitude: 38-05-40 N, Longitude: 088-07-01 W

Call Sign(s): Big Mister


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SM-137     704 Carmi AFS, IL TPS-1D   1956 1957 Was a ''slave site'' (''manned gap-filler'') to the 784th AC&W Squadron at Fort Knox (Snow Mtn. AFS), KY. Closed due to budgetary cuts. Scheduled to become an unmanned gap-filler radar site P-70A, but did not.

Current Use: See entry for ''Carmi, IL'' (gap-filler annex), P-70A, for additional information and site plans.

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