Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site Explained

Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site (call sign Holbrook Bomb Plot) is a Formerly Used Defense Site of 8acres[1] near Winslow, Arizona, that was used as a Cold War Strategic Air Command radar station for the Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Range. Detachment 2 of the Radar Bomb Scoring Division transferred its personnel and equipment from the South Dakota Interior Radar Bomb Scoring Site (call sign Badlands Bomb Plot) Spring 1968. The site had a housing area, and after the division became the 1st Electronic Combat Range Group (1ECRG), in August 1989 the detachment and site transferred from the 1ECRG to the 99th Strategic Weapons Wing.[2]

"The last ECM-only sortie" scored by the site was by a C-130 Hercules from Hurlburt Field,[3] and Holbrook's detachment merged with Detachment 19 from the Poplar, Montana, site to become Detachment 4 at Harrison, Arkansas.[4] In 1993, "part of Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site [was] conveyed to the National Park Service"[5] (Petrified Forest National Park).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commander in Chief's Special Recognition for Installation Excellence. November 20, 1992. November 2, 2017. April 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412083200/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27521/m1/60/. live.
  2. Web site: United States Air Force 1989. Dragoner. O.W.. German. 2014-07-24. 2014-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140730023258/http://www.relikte.com/_basis/docs/usaf-1.pdf. live.
  3. Web site: McDonald . Steven Ray . January 29, 2002 . 1CEVGA.com . Detachment 2 Holbrook, AZ . 1 CEVG/DET 2 History (A fluid Document) . 2013-01-20 . 2012-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313022325/http://1cevga.com/det2.htm . live .
  4. Web site: McDonald . Steven Ray . January 29, 2002 . 1CEVGA.com . Detachment 2 Holbrook, AZ . 1 CEVG/DET 2 History (A fluid Document) . 2013-01-20 . "Except for the MPS-T1 all the systems from Holbrook, including the UHF radios and radio tower were shipped to Harrison, AR . 2012-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313022325/http://1cevga.com/det2.htm . live .
  5. Web site: Summary of the Public Laws of the 103rd Congress. DOC. H. R. 2403 October 28, 1993 SEC. 532 - Real property that is part of Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site, Arizona, shall be conveyed to the National Park Service by the General Services Administration when determined as excess by the Air Force.. July 26, 2014. July 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729031206/http://www.nps.gov/legal/PLSummaries/Summary%20of%20103rd%20acts.doc. live.

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