Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center
Alpena Air Force Station
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|---|---|
| Part of Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
| Coordinates | 45°05′10″N 083°34′25″W / 45.08611°N 83.57361°W |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1943 |
| In use | 1943-1945; 1954-1957 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 677th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
- For the civil use of this facility, see Alpena County Regional Airport
Alpena Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-105) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) west-northwest of Alpena, Michigan. It was closed in 1957.
History
World War II
Alpena Air Force Station was established in 1943 by Air Technical Service Command. Designated as Alpena Army Air Base, the facility was a maintainence and overhaul facility for B-24 Liberator bombers produced by Ford at its Willow Run, Michigan aircraft manufacturing plant. Aircraft would be sent to Alpena for modifications prior to their deployment to overseas combat units. The facility consisted of a support station managed by the 100th Army Air Force Base Unit. The airfield consisted of three concrete runways, (5000x150(N/S), 5030x150(NE/SW), 5030x150(NW/SE). Two support sub-bases were part of the Alpena complex, Kinross Army Airfield, which later became the Strategic Air Command Kincheloe Air Force Base (1959-1977) and Raco Army Airfield, which later became a CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile site during the Cold War.
In 1946, Alpena Army Air Base was declared surplus and turned over to the War Assets Administration for disposition. It became Alpena County Regional Airport.
Air Defense Command
Air Force units and assignments
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See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
- Information for Alpena AFS, MI
