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'''Willow Run Manual Direction Center P-23''' (1952-1959) - A [[Cold War]] Manual System Direction Center first established in 1952 on Willow Run Air Force Station, Ypsilanti, Wayne County, Michigan. Named Willow Run Manual Direction Center after the location. Assigned a Permanent System ID of P-23. Deactivated as a Manual Direction Center in 1959.
== History ==
The U.S. Air Force returned to Willow Run and established [[Willow Run Air Force Station]] in 1951. On 7 Apr 1952 the Air Force Station became operational with Headquarters, 30th Air Division at the site and a Manual Air Defense Control Center (ADCC). Willow Run AFS and the ADCC operated until April 1959, when the 30th AD was reassigned to Truax Field, Wisconsin as A SAGE System. 

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The Willow Run Manual Direction Center P-23 remained operational until April 1959 when the  30th AD was reassigned to Truax AFB and the [[Truax SAGE Direction Center DC-07]] became operational.

The facility was then sold to the University of Michigan. Some of the former Air Force buildings still exist on the site and are used by various organizations.

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== Current Status ==
Manual Direction Center building still exists on Willow Run Air Force Station in Willow Run, Wayne County, Michigan.

==Context==

{{Location|Willow Run Air Force Station, Willow Run, Wayne County, Michigan.|42.24249|-83.499621|696}}
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'''See Also:'''
* [[Truax SAGE Direction Center DC-07]]
* [[Permanent System Radar Sites]]
* [[Permanent Radar System Direction Centers]]
* [[Manual System]]

'''Sources:''' 
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* {{GNIS|ID=2090226}}

'''Links:''' 
* [[Bad Links]] /cgi-bin/museum/acwinfo2x.cgi?site=%22Willow+Run+AFS,+MI+*%22&key=WillowRunAFSMI&pic=WillowRunAFSMI Willow Run Manual Direction Center]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run_Air_Force_Station Wikipedia - Willow Run Air Force Station] Direction Center]

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