Peard Bay DEW Line Station
Encyclopedia
Peard Bay DEW Line Station is an abandoned United States Air Force
Distant Early Warning Line
Radar station. It was closed in 1963.
as Peard Bay (LIZ-C). The station was logistically supported by the 711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cape Lisburne Air Force Station
, although Icy Cape was operated by civilian contract workers.
It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since. The radars and other military buildings were removed around 2000, returning the site to a natural condition. The gravel streets and the runway of the former airstrip of the station remain.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
Distant Early Warning Line
Distant Early Warning Line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland...
Radar station. It was closed in 1963.
History
The Station was built in 1957 to support the Distant Early Warning LineDistant Early Warning Line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland...
as Peard Bay (LIZ-C). The station was logistically supported by the 711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cape Lisburne Air Force Station
Cape Lisburne Air Force Station
Cape Lisburne Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of Point Barrow, Alaska....
, although Icy Cape was operated by civilian contract workers.
It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since. The radars and other military buildings were removed around 2000, returning the site to a natural condition. The gravel streets and the runway of the former airstrip of the station remain.