Cape Cod Air Force Station

Cape Cod Air Force Station

Infobox Military Structure
name=Cape Cod Air Force Station
partof=Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
location=
coordinates=coord|41.7532|-70.5385|type:landmark|display=inline|format=dms


caption=Aerial view of the Cape Cod PAVE PAWS c.1986.
type=Long Range Radar Site
code=
built=1978-80
builder=U.S. Government
materials=
height= 100 Feet
used=1980-Present
demolished=
condition=
ownership=U.S. Air Force
open_to_public= No
controlledby=
garrison=
current_commander=
commanders=
occupants=6th Space Warning Squadron
battles=
events=

Cape Cod Air Force Station exists on the northwest corner of the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Flatrock Hill. It is comprised of one PAVE PAWS radar station and is operational 24/7.

The facility became operational April 4, 1980 as Cape Cod Missile Early Warning Station, but was renamed Cape Cod Air Force Station on January 5, 1982. [United States Air Force. [http://www.peterson.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4702 6th Space Warning Squadron fact sheet] . Accessed January 1, 2008.]

Mission

Its main mission is to track Space debris and Intercontinentals as well as Submarine-launched ballistic missiles. It also tracked USA-193 before it was shot down.

See also

*List of minor active Air Force Bases
*PAVE PAWS#Environmental and health concerns

References

External links

*http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/cape-cod.htm
*http://www.peterson.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4702

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