Fort Meade radar station
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| Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) | |
|---|---|
| Baltimore, Maryland, Fort George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Fort |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′12″N 75°27′00″W / 39.753393°N 75.450068°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1959-60* September 1966 |
The Fort Meade radar station was an air defence radar installation used by the Army and USAF. The site operated c. 1950 until 1979 and had a Project Nike command post and radar network.
Site L-14 of the temporary Lashup Radar Network was the ground-controlled interception radar station established at Fort George G. Meade until the radar's surveillance area was covered by a Quantico AFS radar in 1955. The Fort Meade radar station also had the first experimental AN/GSG-2 Antiaircraft Defense System in 1955.[1]
ARAACOM site W-13DC
In 1957 the Fort Meade station was designated an Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) for the Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.[2] The site had the first operational Martin AN/FSG-I Antiaircraft Defense System, a fire distribution center for Nike Missiles and which was operated by the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade.[3] Designated W-13DC, the site had an AN/FPS-67 search radar and later a solid-state Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System.[4] After 1957, Fort Meade became the Headquarters, 2nd Region, Army Air Defense Command.