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| built= | past_commanders=1961: Col. Walter F. Nyblade | garrison= | battles= | occupants= | events= }} Clear Air Force Station ("Clear" colloq.) is an Alaska Air National Guard radar station for detecting incoming ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles to NORAD's Missile Correlation Center (MCC) and to provide Space Surveillance data to Air Force Space Command's Space Control Center (SCC). Clear's AN/FPS-123 Upgraded Early Warning Radar is part of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) which also includes those at Beale AFB, Cape Cod AFS, RAF Fylingdales and Thule Site J. The "historic property" was one of the Alaska World War II Army Airfields and later a Cold War BMEWS site providing NORAD data to Colorado's BMEWS Central Computer and Display Facility (CC&DF). In addition to the "original camp area" with buildings still in use today, areas of the station include the airfield , the "(SSPARS Site" ), the technical site (Utilador,〔http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ak/ak0400/ak0486/sheet/00005v.jpg Clear "Utilador"〕 BMEWS reflectors, support buildings, power plant), and the composite site (two permanent dormitories, a mess hall, recreation area, and administrative area). In addition to the Air National Guard unit, Clear has active duty USAF, Canadian Air Force, civilian, and contractor personnel. == History == The site's land with the 1918 Alaska Railroad was purchased by the Department of the Interior in 1949 for Alaskan Air Command's Clear Air Force Auxiliary Field for use as a Ladd Field gunnery range. Total costs for the planned Thule and Clear BMEWS stations in a May 1958 estimate were ~$800 million--an October 13, 1958, plan for both estimated completion in September 1960. An additional area was appropriated for BMEWS Site II (cf. BMEWS Site I at Thule). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clear Air Force Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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