Dickinson Air Force Station

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Dickinson Air Force Station
northeast of Dickinson, North Dakota
Type	Air Force station
Coordinates	46°55′14″N, 102°43′54″W
Built
In use	April 1959–March 1965
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Garrison	706 AC&W Sqdn

Dickinson Air Force Station (Dickinson AFS) was an Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) facility at approximately 2750' elevation AMSL, located about 5 miles northeast of Dickinson in southwestern North Dakota. It was active from 1959 through 1965.

1 History and lineage
2 Buildings and facilities
3 Assigned units
4 Current use
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History and lineage

Activated c. April 1959 as Pinetree Line site TM-177;
Reallocated to SAGE c. 1961 as site Z-177;
Inactivated 1 March 1965.

As part of the Pinetree Line, Dickinson AFS was a Third Phase Mobile station. As part of SAGE, Dickinson AFS was a surveillance station only.

[edit] Buildings and facilities

The Ground to Air Transmitter-Receiver (GATR) facility was located off-station at 46°56′07″N, 102°43′54″W, approximtely 2700' elevation AMSL, roughly 3 miles north of the main station.

The main Station facilities included:

Family Housing
Club and Gymnasium
Telephony Kiosk
Search Radar Tower
Height Finder Radar Tower
(3) Radomes
Heating Plant
Basic Officers Quarters (BOQ)
Barracks
Operations Building
Squadron Headquarters building
Administration building
Power building: (also known as the "Diesel Building")

One interesting fact about the main station is that the family housing area is approximately one mile west of the operations buildings.

[edit] Assigned units

706th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

[edit] Current use

Abandoned, being demolished.

[edit] See also

Other nearby similar AC&W stations include:

[edit] References

Winkler, David Frank (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program, Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA: Headquarters Air Combat Command. LCCN 97-20912.