Cut Throat Island Air Station
Cut Throat Island Air Station was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay. It was closed in 1961.
History
The site was established in 1957 as a staffed Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept radar sites.The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27A". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 staffed Gap Filler search radar.
USAF units and assignments
Units:- 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire 26 May 1953