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Tin City Long Range Radar Site is a United States Air Force radar station. It is located 106.3 miles (171.1 km) west-northwest of Nome, Alaska. It is the former Tin City Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-04, LRR ID: A-11).
Tin City Air Force Station (1953-1983, 1984-Present) - A Cold War U.S. Air Force Station, part of the Alaska AC&W Radar Network. Originally known as Cape Prince of Wales Air Force Station the name was changed to Tin City Air Force Station in 1957.
25 lut 2019 · The radar site at Tin City overlooking Cape Prince of Wales is one of 15 in Alaska overseen by the Air Force. Since the Cold War, they've monitored the airspace above much of the Bering...
1 lip 2016 · With 15 radar sites located in Alaska, these sites are the military's first option for monitoring and securing American airspace in the Pacific. The remoteness of these sites, as well as,...
16 sty 2019 · One of the most dramatic Alaska radar sites is at Tin City, perched at the furthest edge of the Seward Peninsula, just across the Bering Strait from mainland Russia.
The Tin City LRRS, which houses a handful of permanent workers and 14 additional radar sites across the rugged terrain of Alaska, scans the airspace above 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, searching for potential threats.
2 sie 2021 · Cape Creek has its headwaters on the mountain’s eastern side and flows southward for approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Bering Sea. Cape Mountain is now the Tin City Long Range Radar Station, part of a network of surveillance and communications facilities for the defense of North America.
