Cartwright Long Range Radar Site

Cartwright Radar Site (LAB-6)
Part of North Warning System
Labrador, Canada
Coordinates 53°33′04″N 056°49′48″W / 53.55111°N 56.83000°W / 53.55111; -56.83000 (Cartwright LRR LAB-6)
Type Long Range Radar Station
Code LAB-6
Site information
Controlled by North American Aerospace Defense Command
Site history
Built by Royal Canadian Air Force
In use 1998-
Cartwright LRR LAB-6
Location of Cartwright LRR LAB-6, Labrador

Cartwright Long Range Radar Site (LAB-6) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Long Range Radar Site located 145.2 miles (233.7 km) east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Facilities

The facility contains a long range, phased array AN/FPS-117 3-dimensional air search surveillance radar that was installed in November 1998 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-6) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.[2]

History

The present Long Range Radar site is built 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south of Cartwright Air Station, which was established in 1953 as a General Surveillance Radar station, by the United States Air Force. It was used initially by the Northeast Air Command, which stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on the station on 1 October 1953. The station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station as part of the Pinetree Line.[3]

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. ↑ "The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ↑ "The DEW LINE Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland". Lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Information for Cartwright AS, NL, CN". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-08.

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