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radar sets, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. In 1958 the 664th was operating
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Winkler, David F. (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.
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A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
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Located atop "Mount Nebo", the site was transferred to Bellefontaine AFS when Custer AFS, Michigan (Z-67) closed in June 1965. The gap filler was closed in June 1968.
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B radar. In April 1952, the site at Bellefontaine became available and the squadron was moved. At Bellefontaine, the 664th turned on
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Bellefontaine Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
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In addition to the main facility, Bellefontaine AFS operated the following AN/FPS-18 Gap Filler site:
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General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east-northeast of
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664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, activated on 1 January 1951 at Lockbourne AFB
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The 664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to a temporary site at
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in 1961. On 31 July 1963, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z-73.
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Bellefontaine Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-73, NORAD ID: Z-73)
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Re-designated 664th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 September 1959
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permanent radar network. Prompted by the start of the
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Bellefontaine AFS is located in Ohio
40°22′20″N 083°43′10″W / 40.37222°N 83.71944°W / 40.37222; -83.71944
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Bellefontaine, Ohio
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Lockbourne AFB
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