Information for Hutchinson AFS, KS

Latitude: 37-55-22 N, Longitude: 097-53-16 W

Call Sign(s): Accumulate


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
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Date
Notes
P-47 Z-47   793 Hutchinson AFS, KS FPS-10 (2); FPS-3; FPS-20/-66; FPS-6A (2). FPS-66A; FPS-6A; FPS-90 May-52 08-Sep-68 Hutchinson AFS (still in use by the FAA, using FPS-66A) was collocated with the former Hutchinson Naval Air Station, located about 10 miles south of town, near the small community of Yoder. Was this a BUIC-II site (AN/GSA-51)?
P-47A Z-47A     Ellsworth, KS FPS-14   Jul-58 Jun-61 Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant.
P-47B Z-47B     Wilsey, KS FPS-18   Dec-58 Dec-61 Gap-Filler Annex. Building is still extant.

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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