Sioux City SAGE Direction Center DC-22

 (1961-1968) - A Cold War SAGE System Direction Center first established in 1961 on Sioux City Air Force Station, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Named Sioux City SAGE Direction Center after the location. Assigned a Sage ID of DC-22. Deactivated as a SAGE Direction Center in 1968.

History
Established and became operational on 1 Dec 1961 as Sioux City SAGE Direction Center DC-22 operating as the Sioux City Air-Defense Sector (SCADS). This was the last direction center to become operational and it completed the SAGE program in the continental US. The computers installed at the Sioux City Direction center were originally FSQ-8 computers meant for a command center that was canceled. The FSQ-8s at Sioux City were upgraded to FSQ-7 specifications by adding input and output components that the original FSQ-8s lacked.

The Sioux City Air-Defense Sector (SCADS) was deactivated on 1 Apr 1966 and the 30th Air Division took up operations at the Sioux City SAGE Direction Center DC-22 until 18 Sep 1968. The 30th Air Division and Sioux City SAGE Direction Center DC-22 were both deactivated on 18 Sep 1968 in the third round of closures. Most of the attached radar sites were also closed at the same time and the one remaining site, Chandler AFS, was transferred to the 29th Air Division but ceased radar operations less than a year later on 2 Jul 1969.

Current Status
Sage Direction Center blockhouse reportedly repurposed as a turkey processing plant near Sioux City Municipal Airport in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.

See Also:
 * Permanent System Radar Sites
 * SAGE System

Sources:
 * , page 115.
 * , Table 4-1, Page 77.
 * , Table 4-1, Page 77.

Links:
 * Radomes - Sioux City SAGE Direction Center
 * Wikipedia - Sioux City Air Defense Sector