"Gunpost", US Radar Site - Immenhausen, HE-DE
N 51° 24.982 E 009° 30.451
32U E 535292 N 5696250
The "Gunpost" radar site operates air traffic from near Rothwesten Airfield and sector traffic for Berlin Flights during the cold war.
Waymark Code: WM10E7P
Location: Hessen, Germany
Date Posted: 04/22/2019
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The Radar tower and station named "Gunpost" was a remote facility of the Rothwesten Airfield, build up in the 1950s and run by the 601st AC&W (Aircraft and Warning Squadron).
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Use in the Cold War
Helicopter landing pad of the US Army at the radar and direction finder "Gunpost".
Todays use Closed.
Air Radio frequence 116.1 (1948)
Aircraft direction finder in the southern corridor to Berlin: 120.5, 121.5 (1958).
Heliport: FM 33.7 on request (1968)
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