Cape Makkovik Air Station | |
Partof: | Pinetree Line |
Location: | Labrador, Canada |
Ensign: | File:USAF - Aerospace Defense Command.png |
Type: | Radar Station |
Code: | N-28A |
Built: | 1957 |
Builder: | United States Air Force |
Used: | 1957-1961 |
Controlledby: | Aerospace Defense Command |
Cape Makkovik Air Station (ADC ID: N-28A) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located 140miles north-northeast of CFB Goose Bay.[1] It was closed in 1961.[2]
The site was established in 1957 as a manned Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Hopedale 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-28A" (later "C-28A)." Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.[2]
Units:
Moved to Hopedale Air Station, 1 October 1953
Inactivated 1961.
Assignments: