Elliston Ridge Air Station

Elliston Ridge Air Station
Part of Pinetree Line
Newfoundland, Canada
Emblem of the 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Type	Radar Station
Coordinates	Latitude: Longitude:
Built	1957
Built by	United States Air Force
In use	1957-1961
Controlled by	Aerospace Defense Command

Elliston Ridge Air Station (ID: N-22B, C-22B) is a closed General Surveillance-Gap Filler Radar station. It is located 74 miles (119 km) north-northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was closed in 1961.

History

The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, funded by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Red Cliff Air Station and part of Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.

The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-22B" (later "C-22B)." Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.

USAF units and assignments

Units:

• 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1957

Inactivated 1 October 1961

Assignments:

• 4731st Air Defense Group, 1 April 1957
• Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June 1960 – 1 October 1961

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations

References

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

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)