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training site. Many USAF buildings are still in use, although some are in deteriorating condition. The FPS-7 and FPS-6 towers still stand along with other operational buildings. The Bridgewater Gap Filler site doubled as a fire-lookout tower. Both the building and radar tower remain today.
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Over the years, the equipment at the station was upgraded or modified to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the information gathered by the radars. The 766th Radar Squadron was inactivated on 30 September 1980.
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C began search duties. An AN/FPS-26 height finder radar began operation as well. On 31 July 1963, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID
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Because of difficulties with new production radar equipment, the site initially consisted of a pair of
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jurisdiction in 1979 with the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command and the activation of
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Caswell was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent
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General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of
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In addition to the main facility, Caswell operated this unmanned
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In 1961 an electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) capable
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766th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron
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A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980
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Installations of the United States Air Force in Maine
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With its closure, Caswell Air Force Station became a
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remained in service until 1961. In 1957 and 1958 the
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Caswell AFS is located in Maine
46°58′15″N 067°50′04″W / 46.97083°N 67.83444°W / 46.97083; -67.83444 (Caswell AFS P-80)
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Limestone, Maine
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