Eldorado Air Force Station located 35 miles south of San Angelo, Texas and was one of the four unique AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS, early-warning phased-array radar systems. The 8th Space Warning Squadron, 21st Space Wing, Air Force Space Command operated at Eldorado Air Force Station.
As the likelihood of sea-based missile attacks from the Gulf of Mexico decreased, and the low probability of missile attacks from the South, the United States Air Force decided to close southern-facing PAVE PAWS sites at Robins Air Force Base and Eldorado, Texas. Two radar faces, one each from Robins and Eldorado, were moved to Clear Air Force Station, Alaska as part of the BMEWS upgrade in 1998.[1]
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The Station was associated with Goodfellow Air Force Base, 35 miles north, and was part of the NORAD at Cheyenne Mountain command structure.