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Cartwright Long Range Radar Site

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Cartwright Radar Site (LAB-6)
Part of North Warning System
Labrador, Canada
Coordinates53°33′04″N 056°49′48″W / 53.55111°N 56.83000°W / 53.55111; -56.83000 (Cartwright LRR LAB-6)
TypeLong Range Radar Station
CodeLAB-6
Site information
Controlled byNorth American Aerospace Defense Command
Site history
Built byRoyal Canadian Air Force
In use1998-
Cartwright LRR LAB-6 is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Cartwright LRR LAB-6
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 233.7 kilometres (145.2 mi) east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Facilities

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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

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The present Long Range Radar site is built 21.7 kilometres (13.5 mi) 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

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  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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