Oakdale AFS, PA
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N 40° 23.833 W 080° 09.667
17T E 571191 N 4472184
Oakdale AFS tenant on an Army Missle Master site near Oakdale, PA
Waymark Code: WMDEVC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2012
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AN/FPS-20
AN/FPS-26A
AN/FPS-6B
AN/FPS-24 (FAA)
My first assignment after Tech. School. 40 miles from home. I was assigned to one TSgt. Tomion Woo's height shop. I learned the 6B and the 26A and all that goes with them. I was then assigned to the Gap Filler section. This was a job I really did enjoy. Three AN/FPS-18 sites, lots of travel and an irregular work schedule. These are all things I liked about the job. When reenlistment time came around, I did so, got married and upon returning from our honeymoon was given orders for a 13 month tour at Wallace AFS, RP. Still married after all these 43 years.
Gapfillers:
Thompson, OH N41.685833 W81.043889
Brookfield, OH N41.218889 W80.561944
Thomas, WV N39.147778 W79.571944
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"Oakdale Air Force Station was established in 1959 at the Oakdale Army Installation near Pittsburgh, PA, and activated in August 1960 with the transfer of the 662d Radar Squadron from Brookfield Air Force Station, Ohio, which was closed. Oakdale was designated RP-62, reflecting the replacement (R) of P-62 site at Brookfield. The move of the 662d Radar Squadron was part of a consolidation of Army and Air Force Radar units for budget considerations.
The United States Army had established Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) P-70DC for the Nike Missile air-defense system, Pittsburgh Defense Area. The site had an FAA ARSR-lA search radar providing air-traffic-control data, as well as a pair of AN/FPS-6B height-finder radars, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes."
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