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(AFS) |type=Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) site |code =QRC:〔 http://forums.radioreference.com/aircraft-data-decoding/214748-atc-radar-sites-2.html 〕 Federal Aviation Administration Z-30: 1963 July 31 SAGE radar network P-30: 1952 Permanent System |built=1950-1 |builder= |materials= |height= |used= |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby=1975: Federal Aviation Administration 1974:: 648th Radar Squadron 1959: 648th Radar Squadron (SAGE) 1950: 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |footnotes=Unmanned Gap Filler radar annexes *P-30E (Bendix AN/FPS-14) Ulysses, Pennsylvania * * *P-30F (Bendix AN/FPS-18) Joliett, Pennsylvania : The annex buildings and radar towers are still extant (the "A" through "D" gap fillers at Middleburg, Topton, East Meredith, & Montrose PA; as well as the H-J gap fillers at Claysburg, Hayley, and--in New York--Trumbull Corners, were never built.) }} Ground Equipment Facility QRC (FUDS C03PA046300: "Benton Air Force Communications Annex") is an FAA radar station that was part of a Cold War SAGE radar station (Benton Air Force Station, call sign: Oppose) for aircraft control and warning "from Massachusetts to southern Virginia, and as far out to sea as possible." Benton AFS was also the first operational "regional data processing center" for the GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System. The FAA facility and the larger area of the former are part of Ricketts Glen State Park. ==History== The 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated on 30 April 1948 at Pine Camp, New York (which became operational June 1950 as the 655th AC&WS's Lashup station L-6. The 648th AC&WS transferred in December 1949 to Indiantown Gap Army Installation (AIN) and began operations at the initial site with a General Electric AN/CPS-6B radar scanner. Site construction on had begun in 1950 and was completed September 21, 1951. On September 21, 1951, the last of the 658th personnel arrived at the site from Fort Indiantown Gap. The radar and operations moved to Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania, by 1 February 1952. 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「Ground Equipment Facility QRC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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