Fortuna Air Force Station

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Fortuna Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of Fortuna, North Dakota. It was closed in 1979 as a radar station, remaining as a Long-Range Radar (LRR) facility until 1984.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_Air_Force_Station
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Coordinates:   48°54'9"N   103°52'12"W

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  • Former site of the 780th AC&W squadron, was deactivated in 1979.
  • I may have been stationed here in the late sixties, attached to Minot AFB, worked missile sites?
  • Member of 272nd GEEIA squadron La Porte Tex on summer camp changing out antennas on 100 ft+ tall telephone poles early June 1962.
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