| Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM-163 | Z-163 | 865 | Las Vegas AFS, NV | FPS-3/-20A; MPS-14; FPS-27; FPS-26A | FPS-27; FPS-26A | 1956 | 31-Dec-69 | Family housing was at Nellis AFB. FAA site now known as Angel Peak, NV; FAA uses an AN/FPS-20A search radar (now a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar, CARSR). | |
| SM-163A | Z-163A | Boulder City, NV | FPS-18 | Oct-59 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Location was verified by Boulder City historian. | |||
| SM-163B | Z-163B | Lathrop Wells, NV | FPS-18 | Aug-59 | Dec-60 | Gap-Filler Annex. Shows on 1958 SAGE map as site P-59C; however, 1961 and 1962 SAGE maps show Joshua Tree as site P-59C. | |||
| SM-163C | Halloran Springs, CA ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built. Same general location as Baker, CA, planned gap-filler annex M-128F, likewise not built; to have been situated atop Squaw Mountain. | |||||||
| SM-163D | Wildrose Station, CA ** | ** Gap-Filler Annex. In original ADC plans, but never was built. Planned location is not known, but might have been atop Wildrose Peak (speculative). |
Current Use: Still active. This now-FAA long-range radar site is now data-tied into the Joint Surveillance System (post 9/11). Lower camp is Spring Mtn. Youth Camp.
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