Murphy Dome AFS (site)

USA / Alaska / Ester /

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First operational in September 1951, it was a USAF site shared with the Army for Nike missile-defense system (Fairbanks Defense Area). The CPS-6B radar was removed July 1958, and the FPS-8 radar removed in 1960. The AN/FPS-117 radar was installed in the summer of 1992. Now considered a Long Range Radar Site (LRRS), all of the original buildings with the exception of the FPS-117 have been removed.

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Coordinates: 64°57'9"N 148°21'35"W

Fort Wainwright 32 km
Eielson Air Force Base, AK (EIL/PAEI) 60 km
Blair Lake Air Force Range, AK 64 km
Clear Air Force Station 83 km
Donnelly Training Area, AK 144 km
Fort Greely Missile Defense Command Base 162 km
Gerstle River Arctic Test Site 193 km
Fort Richardson 402 km
Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF/PAED) 412 km
Fort Richardson Army Base 412 km

Moose Mountain Ski Resort 18 km
Ester, Alaska 19 km
Minto Lakes 22 km
College, Alaska 26 km
University of Alaska Fairbanks 27 km
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) 28 km
Aurora Subdivision 30 km
Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge 31 km
Downtown Fairbanks 33 km
Birch Hill Ski Trails 36 km

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