Port Austin Air Force Station (site)

USA / Michigan / Port Austin /
 military, radar station, abandoned / shut down, United States Air Force
The now abandoned Port Austin AFS began operating in November 1951. The site then joined the ''Permanent'' radar network, and the 754th AC&W Squadron began operations in June 1952. This site came under TAC control in October 1979. Circa 1982, the main bearing of the AN/FPS-24 search radar failed catastrophically. The FAA long-range radar site at Canton (Detroit), MI, was then used as a temporary data-tie site until an AN/FPS-91A search radar could be installed at Port Austin AFS in 1983. The site remained in use as an Air Force site until 1988 when it was closed altogether, replaced by the FAA radar site at Canton.

Part of the site is now used by a bible study group.

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Coordinates:   44°1'50"N   83°0'4"W
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