Ground Equipment Facility QRC

Ground Equipment Facility QRC
Benton Air Force Station
Ground Equipment Facility QRC; Benton Air Force Station
Part of ; 1975: Federal Aviation Administration; 1968: Aerospace Defense Command; 1951: Air Defense Command
Located at; Red Rock Mountain, Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (eponym: the nearby Town of Benton)
	The AN/FPS-67B radar antenna is beneath a radome (white) and uses the preceding AN/FPS-35 tower (5-story building).
Site information
Type	Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) site
Code	QRC: Federal Aviation Administration; J-tbd: c. 2002 Joint Surveillance System; Z-30: 1963 July 31 SAGE radar network; P-30: 1952 Permanent System
Controlled by	1975: Federal Aviation Administration 1974:: 648th Radar Squadron ; 1959: 648th Radar Squadron (SAGE) ; 1950: 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Location
Coordinates	41°21′25″N 076°17′25″W / 41.35694°N 76.29028°W (QRS); 41°21′30″N 076°17′40″W / 41.35833°N 76.29444°W (AFS)
Site history
Built	1950-1
	Unmanned Gap Filler radar annexes P-30E (Bendix AN/FPS-14) Ulysses, Pennsylvania 41°52′48″N 077°42′51″W / 41.88000°N 77.71417°W; ; P-30F (Bendix AN/FPS-18) Joliett, Pennsylvania; 40°36′32″N 076°27′42″W / 40.60889°N 76.46167°W The annex buildings and radar towers are still extant (the "A" through "D" gap fillers at Middleburg, Topton, East Meredith, & Montrose PA; as well as the H-J gap fillers at Claysburg, Hayley, and--in New York--Trumbull Corners, were never built.)

Ground Equipment Facility QRC (FUDS C03PA046300: "Benton Air Force Communications Annex") is an FAA radar station that was part of a Cold War SAGE radar station (Benton Air Force Station, call sign: Oppose) for aircraft control and warning "from Massachusetts to southern Virginia, and as far out to sea as possible." Benton AFS was also the first operational "regional data processing center" for the GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System.

The FAA facility and the larger area of the former Air Force Station are part of Ricketts Glen State Park.

Ground Equipment Facility QRC Benton Air Force Station
Part of 1975: Federal Aviation Administration 1968: Aerospace Defense Command 1951: Air Defense Command
Located at Red Rock Mountain, Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (eponym: the nearby Town of Benton)
The AN/FPS-67B radar antenna is beneath a radome (white) and uses the preceding AN/FPS-35 tower (5-story building).
Site information
Type	Common Air-Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) site
Code	QRC: Federal Aviation Administration J-tbd: c. 2002 Joint Surveillance System Z-30: 1963 July 31 SAGE radar network P-30: 1952 Permanent System
Controlled by	1975: Federal Aviation Administration 1974:: 648th Radar Squadron 1959: 648th Radar Squadron (SAGE) 1950: 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Location

Coordinates	41°21′25″N 076°17′25″W / 41.35694°N 76.29028°W / 41.35694; -76.29028 (FAA QRS radar) (QRS) 41°21′30″N 076°17′40″W / 41.35833°N 76.29444°W / 41.35833; -76.29444 (Benton AFS P-30) (AFS)
Site history
Built	1950-1
Unmanned Gap Filler radar annexes P-30E (Bendix AN/FPS-14) Ulysses, Pennsylvania 41°52′48″N 077°42′51″W / 41.88000°N 77.71417°W / 41.88000; -77.71417 (P-30E) P-30F (Bendix AN/FPS-18) Joliett, Pennsylvania 40°36′32″N 076°27′42″W / 40.60889°N 76.46167°W / 40.60889; -76.46167 (P-30F) The annex buildings and radar towers are still extant (the "A" through "D" gap fillers at Middleburg, Topton, East Meredith, & Montrose PA; as well as the H-J gap fillers at Claysburg, Hayley, and--in New York--Trumbull Corners, were never built.)