Palermo AFS, NJ, was indeed a "communications facility" -- in addition to being a long-range radar (LRR) site. Palermo AFS (P-54; Z-54) had an interesting history. After the USAF took over the Gibbsboro radar facility in early 1961 (moving the 772 AC&W Sq there from Claysburg AFS, PA), they closed down the Palermo AFS radar mission, but left open the Ground-Air Transmitter-Receiver (GATR) site, designating it site R-14 ("R" for "radio"). [GATR sites, co-located with most LRR sites, operated both voice radios and time-division data link (TDDL) equipment. Voice radios allowed the ground controllers to talk with the fighter-interceptor pilots, and TDDL allowed the SAGE computer to transmit digital intercept data directly to the aircraft`s onboard computer.] When Palermo`s LRR mission ceased, the USAF also installed a gap-filler radar at Palermo AFS, making it an operating location assigned to Gibbsboro AFS (now site RP-63; later Z-63). The 770 AC&W Sq. at Palermo AFS was reassigned to Fort Meade, now site RP-54 (BTW, "RP" designated "relocated-permanent"). After a short time, radar operators complained of the loss of low-level radar coverage, so Palermo AFS was re-opened as a long-range radar site. It was designated site Z-54 (its original number), but had the 680 Radar Sq. assigned (originally at Yaak AFS, MT). The 770 Radar Sq. stayed at Fort Meade, now designated site Z-227. Finally, Palermo AFS (radar) closed for good in early 1970. However, the GATR site (R-28) stayed open as an independent communications site until the late 1970`s. Fort Meade radar closed down in late 1979. Today, Gibbsboro AFS remains open as a USAF-FAA joint-use long-range radar facility, and now operates an ARSR-4 3-D radar.