Kingman Air Force Station Explained

Kingman Air Force Station
Ensign:	Air Defense Command.svg
Ensign Size:	60px
Partof:	Air Defense Command (ADC)
Pushpin Map:	Arizona
Pushpin Label:	Kingman AFS
Pushpin Mapsize:	200
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Kingman AFS, Arizona
Type:	Air Force Station
Built:	1955
Used:	1955-1958
Garrison:	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 1miles 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:

• 27th Air Division, 22 June 1955 – 15 August 1958

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations

References

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980 , 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, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
• Information for Kingman AFS, AZ