Former Tatalina Air Force Station

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Once a cold-war-era USAF base, this facility is now the Tatalina Long Range Radar Site, one of the 18 remote radar sites that make up the Alaska Radar System.

Tatalina was the site of a interceptor fighter squadron and a White Alice Communications System node during the cold war, with antenna arrays located on the top camp atop Takotna mountain, which was reached by a cable tram. WACS operations were phased out during the 1980s, and the base operations were downsized.

Info on WACS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System
Great info and photos of the ski/sledding hill and neat base info: www.alsap.org/Tatalina/Tatalina.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatalina_Air_Force_Station
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Coordinates:   62°54'35"N   156°0'3"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago