Sitkinak Dome

USA / Alaska / Akhiok /
 mountain, Cold War 1947-1991, United States Air Force, historic ruins, early warning radar
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The "top camp" for the unfinished Sitkinak Air Force Station was located here. It was to be both an Aircraft & Warning (AC&W)early warning radar station and White Alice tropospheric communication site. Along with the radar site at Cape Chiniak, Sitkinak was placed in stand-by status with live-in caretakers in 1957; their coverage areas were taken over by the AC&W site on Middleton Island. The White Alice site was made redundant by the Aleutian chain extension. It would have linked with the WACS site on Pillar Mountain, Kodiak Island. FPS-3A / FPS-20 and FPS-6 radars were planned for the AC&W radar station.

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www.radomes.org/museum/showsite.php?site=Sitkinak+AFS%2...
www.poa.usace.army.mil/Portals/34/docs/civilworks/archi...
www.kadiak.org/photos/don_harms/target8.html
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www.kadiak.org/wacs/wacs.html
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Coordinates:   56°33'36"N   154°11'2"W
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