Cavalier Air Force Station

Cavalier Air Force Station (1977-Present) - A Cold War Air Force Radar Station first established in 1977 near Cavalier, Pembina County, North Dakota. Established by USAF in 1977 as Concrete Missile Early Warning Station. Renamed Cavalier Air Force Station in 1983. Active military installation. PARCS Radar Building Under Construction PARCS Radar Building Operations Area Cavalier Air Force Station PARCS Radar Building History of Cavalier Air Force Station Cavalier Air Force Station Initially part of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC) under the US Army Ballistic Missile Defense Command and transferred to the USAF Aerospace Defense Command on 1 Oct 1977. Established on 1 Oct 1977 as Concrete Missile Early Warning Station. Renamed Cavalier Air Force Station in 1983. Manned by the 10th Space Warning Squadron. The General Electric FPQ-16 solid state phased array radar system is housed in a cube like building, 204' by 213' at the base, 120' tall with a sloped front for the phased array radar face. The building is designed to weather a nuclear attack and is said to be one of the most solidly built structures in the world and includes inner and outer blast doors. The face of the antenna incorporates 6,888 elements and the system had a maximum range of some 1,780 nautical miles. A separate underground power plant housed five, 16 cylinder dual-fuel (diesel/natural gas) generator sets generating 14 megawatts of power for the radar. The physical plant of the Air Force Station was divided into a limited access site, a cantonment area and a small housing area. The limited access site housed the radar building and the underground power plant. The cantonment area housed the enlisted barracks, the bachelor officer's quarters, the orderly room, the dining hall, the motor pool, a helicopter pad and other support buildings. A very small housing area extends on the west side of the station with 8 housing units most of which are duplexes. Current Status Full Scale Spartan Missile Model at Cavalier ND Active military installation near Cavalier in Pembina County, North Dakota. A full Scale Spartan Interceptor Missile model is located in a small park along Hwy 18 at the north end of Cavalier ND. The missile model was designed and built by Lorrich Industries, Inc. in recognition of the teamwork and friendship of Cavalier Air Force Station and the surrounding community. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Near Cavalier in Pembina County, North Dakota. Maps & Images Lat: 48.724576 Long: -97.8999424 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 1,168' See Also: Permanent System Radar Sites US Radar Sets Sources: Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf, page 52. USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512079 Links: Radomes - Cavalier Air Force Station Wikipedia - Cavalier Air Force Station Peterson AFB - 10th Space Warning Squadron Visited: 28 Jul 2016