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Bldg 102, AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower


The second production AN/FPS-24 antenna (one of 12 total, the first being at Point Arena AFS), it was a long range radar antenna used for range and bearing detection. Needed a height-finder radar to complete the range of information used. Most of these antennas were shut down once satellites started being used for the same thing.
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