Information for Port Austin AFS, MI

Latitude: 44-01-49 N, Longitude: 083-00-06 W

Call Sign(s): Paper Doll, Moonbeam, Pruneface, Footpad


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
Inact.
Date
Notes
P-61 Z-61 J-57 754 Port Austin AFS, MI FPS-3, FPS-20; CPS-4; FPS-24; FPS-6 (2) FPS-24; FPS-26A. FPS-91A; FPS-116 (JSS). Jun-52 Dec-88 BUIC-III. Plans for an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar were cancelled; an AN/FPS-24 FD search radar was installed instead. Remained as a blue-suit site into the JSS era. Had the last operational FPS-24 in the US Air Force inventory. Site replaced by FAA data-tie site at Canton, MI (just west of Detroit).

Current Use: Port Austin College

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