Icy Cape Air Force Station

Icy Cape Air Force Station
Part of Alaskan Air Command (AAC)
Icy Cape DEW LIZ-B
Location of Icy Cape Air Force Station, Alaska
Coordinates 70°17′23″N 161°54′40″W / 70.28972°N 161.91111°W / 70.28972; -161.91111 (Icy Cape DEW LIZ-B)
Type Air Force Station
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1957
In use 1957-1963

Icy Cape Air Force Station is an abandoned United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line Radar station at Icy Cape on the Chukchi Sea coast of northwestern Alaska, United States. It was closed in 1963.

History

The Station was built in 1957 to support the Distant Early Warning Line as Icy Cape (LIZ-B). The station was logistically supported by the 711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cape Lisburne Air Force Station, although Icy Cape was operated by civilian contract workers.

It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since. The radars and other military buildings were removed around 2000, returning the site to a natural condition. The gravel streets and the runway of the former airstrip of the station remain.

References

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

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/14/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.