Cape Newenham WACS Site

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Active between 1957 and 1979, the Cape Newenham White Alice station was co-located with the Cape Newenham Long-Range Radar Site and provided a direct communications link for the station to the rest of the US Air Force's and NORAD's White Alice Communications System (WACS) via a 148-mile shot to the WACS station in Bethel, AK. The site remained operational until the entire WACS system was shut down in 1979 in favor of the Alascom-owned satellite communication system.

Idle thereafter, the site's support buildings and two 60ft antenna were demolished and the site environmentally remediated by 1987.

www.whitealice.com/wacs/main.html

Site Photos:
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www.whitealice.com/wacs/ehm2.jpg
www.whitealice.com/wacs/ehm5.jpg
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System
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Coordinates:   58°39'0"N   162°2'9"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago