| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-125 | Z-125 * | 653 | England AFB, LA | MPS-14; TPS-1D; TPS-10D; MPS-7; FPS-20 | FPS-20A; CARSR w/ FPS 1561 antenna [FAA]. | Nov-55 | 30-Jun-63 | Shared with the Army for control of the Nike missiles around Barksdale AFB near Shreveport, LA. Plans for an AN/FPS-24 or -35 FD search radar were cancelled. FAA site now, was using FPS-20A. FAA site also known as Alexandria, LA. Now operates Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) radar as of 4/5/2012. * Deactivation was initially held in abeyance in FY 1964 for the FAA’s proposed National Airspace Utilization System (NAUS), and SAGE designation of Z-125 was assigned. | |
| M-125A | Delhi, LA | FPS-18 | Jun-60 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. | ||||
| M-125B / M-91B | Heflin, LA ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built. | |||||||
| M-125D | Lake Charles GFA, LA | FPS-18 | Dec-61 | Jun-63 | Gap-Filler Annex, located at the former LRR site, TM-194, using the former Radio Bldg.; AFS reopened later as LRR site, Z-248. | ||||
| TM-194A / M-125C | Weeks Island, LA | FPS-14 | Feb-60 | Jun-63 | Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant. GFA radar site located on top of Weeks Island salt dome. When Lake Charles AFS, LA (TM-194) closed in 1961, this GFA came under the control of England AFB, LA (M-125). |
Current Use: Still active. This now-FAA long-range radar site is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System (post 9/11).
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