Radar Dome, Texarkana Airport grounds, Texarkana, AR
Posted by: TMSCurator
N 33° 27.494 W 093° 59.906
15S E 407213 N 3702534
Abandoned radar dome located at the Texarkana Airport. This site was active in the 1950s into the 1960s. Coordinates logged from the shoulder of Highway 67 as this was as close as I could get as it is now part of airport property.
Waymark Code: WMBDFR
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2011
Views: 20
The U.S. Air Force’s 703rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began air defense operations in 1955 on a 30 acre piece of land next to the airport.
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