Gettysburg AFS, SD

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The following photos were made by T. Page on 15 September 2022:

FAA access road on the site's northwest side -- the FAA radar inside the former Air Force AN/FPS-27 FD search radar tower was originally an AN/FPS-67B type, but has now been modernized to the solid-state Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) model. This is the only AN/FPS-27 radar tower in the U.S. still in use as an active radar facility. (looking east)

The former Air Force AC&W Radar Operations building (left) and one of the two AN/MPS-14 or AN/FPS-90 (both AN/FPS-6 variants) height-finder radar towers (right), as seen from the FAA access road. The other height-finder radar tower (on the site's east side) is no longer extant. (looking south-southeast)

Looking towards the old AN/FPS-27 (now CARSR) search radar tower and one of the two height-finder radar towers (the one on the site's west side), with the Operations building on the far right. (looking northeast)

The old Multi-Purpose Recreation (MPR) building (left) plus the search radar tower and Operations building (right). (looking northeast)

The old MPR building (looking west)

The former Operations building (left) and the former AN/FPS-27 (now CARSR) search radar tower (center). (looking north)

The former Operations building (left) and the former AN/FPS-27 (now CARSR) search radar tower (center-right). (looking north)

SAGE-era GATR site located on the radar site's west side (the metal section on the right was originally the manual Ground-Air-Ground (GAG) Radio Transmitter bulding; the manual GAG Radio Receiver building was on the radar site's east side). The GATR facility included voice radio transmitters, receivers, and transceivers, plus the AN/GKA-5 Time Division Data Link (TDDL) transitter. (looking west-southwest)

Another view of the GATR site -- the cinderblock section on the left side was added for SAGE operations. (looking northwest)

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The following photo is courtesy of Kuntz Harvesting (displayed here for historical / non-commercial purposes only)

photo source: http://kuntzharvesting.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

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The following photos are from an eBay advertisement for a silent auction of the property (ends Oct 9, 2003): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2345929217&category=1607#ebayphotohosting