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2. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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   The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range" series of radars.

3. Joint Surveillance System - Wikipedia

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   The ARSR-4/FPS-130 is a 3-D long range radar with an effective detection range of some 250 miles and has been fully integrated with JSS at all joint use sites. These radars are generally unattended except for periodic FAA maintenance crews which visit the sites as necessary.

4. Ground Equipment Facility J-33 - Wikipedia

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   Mill Valley Air Force Station' received an AN/FPS-8 in 1955 (subsequently converted to an AN/GPS-3), and during 1956 an AN/FPS-4 height-finder radar operated (superseded by an AN/FPS-6 in 1958.) Mill Valley began operating an AN/FPS-7 search radar 1 in 1960 at facility built in 1959 by the General Electric company. [12]

5. Mount Laguna Air Force Station - Wikipedia

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   The FAA replaced the AN/FPS-7E with an ARSR-3 search radar, leaving the Air Force only responsible for the height-finder tower (by then an AN/FPS-116), which was removed c. 1988. In the late 1990s, the ARSR-3 was replaced by the ARSR-4. Today Mount Laguna is an FAA site, tied into the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). The former Air Force ...

6. Makah Air Force Station - Wikipedia

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   The radar site was turned over to the FAA, however a small detachment from McChord AFB was assigned to maintain the radars. The AN/FPS-116 was retired c. 1988. In the latter 1990s, the AN/FPS-91A was replaced by an FAA-operated ARSR-4 radar. The FAA now the radar at the site as part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS).

7. Gibbsboro Air Force Station - Wikipedia

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   After shutdown in 1992, this radar was moved to Murphy Dome Air Force Station, Alaska. Radar coverage for the Philadelphia area was assumed by the FAA's site at Trevose, PA. Then, a portion of the Gibbsboro site was transferred to the FAA in 1995 for installation of an ARSR-4 set, and the Trevose site was shut down. Today what was Gibsboro AFS ...