Kingman Air Force Station

Kingman Air Force Station
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
Kingman AFS is located in Arizona
Kingman AFS
Kingman AFS
Location of Kingman AFS, Arizona
Coordinates35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°W / 35.19750; -114.04139 (Kingman AFS M-128)
TypeAir Force Station
Site information
Controlled by United States Air Force
Site history
Built1955
In use1955-1958
Garrison information
Garrison659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Emblem of the 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Kingman, Arizona. It was closed in 1958.

Air Force units and assignments

Units:

  • 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Assigned 22 June 1955
Activated at Norton AFB, California on 20 June 1953
Inactivated on 15 August 1958

Assignments:

See also

References

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

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980 Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
  • Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies[dead link], The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
  • Information for Kingman AFS, AZ
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