CFS Falconbridge

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Canadian Forces Station Falconbridge (CFS Falconbridge) was a military radar station in Valley East, Ontario, near Falconbridge (now part of Greater Sudbury).

CFS Falconbridge was opened as RCAF Station Falconbridge in 1952 as part of NORAD's Pinetree Line of radar stations. The original operating unit was No. 33 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, later renamed No. 33 Radar Squadron when aircraft monitoring functions were transferred to Regional Headquarters in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1967, the base was renamed Canadian Forces Station Falconbridge with the unification of Canada's military into the Canadian Forces.

In 1975, a detachment of CFB North Bay's Air Weapons Control and Countermeasures School opened in Falconbridge. Instruction was provided in target plotting, weapons control and radar anti-jamming techniques.

CFS Falconbridge was closed when the Pinetree Line was declared redundant in the mid-1980s. The station was sold to private interests in 1987, and part of the site has been converted to a residential development.