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The military history of this station begins in 1941 when the United States
Army established Fort Winslow at this location as a coastal defense artillery
installation to complement Fort Story in Virginia Beach in order to protect
Chesapeake Bay. In 1942 it was renamed Fort John Custis. Army artillery
installed were two 16" guns, four 8" guns and four 155mm pieces. After the end
of World War II the Army inactivated the fort.The United States Air Force
acquired the Fort Custis site from the Army in 1948 as a temporary Lashup radar
site, being designated L15. This temporary system was given the name Lashup to
distinguish it from the interim system for which the Air Force was seeking
appropriations. The 771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated to
operate the site. A small airfield was established near the station, to provide
logistical support due to its isolated location at the southern end of the
Delmarva Peninsula.L15 was designated as Cape Charles Air Force Station, and it
was one of twentyeight www.officialjetsfanshop.com
stations built as part of the
second segment of the permanent radar network. Prompted by the start of the
Korean War, on July 11, 1950, the Secretary of the Air Force asked the Secretary
of Defense for approval to expedite construction of the permanent network.
Receiving the Defense Secretary's approval on July 21, the Air Force directed
the Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction. Because of difficulties
with new produion radar equipment, Cape Charles AFS initially received its radar
equipment from the former Fort Curtis Lashup site to expedite operational
status. Thus it was redesignated as LP56. The 771st AC Squadron, continued
operating the AN/CPS4 and as of April 1952 an AN/FPS3 radar as well. The AN/FPS3
remained operational until 1962. Initially the station functioned as a
GroundControl Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the
squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders
picked up on the unit's radar scopes.In 1955 an AN/FPS8 was installed, converted
to an AN/GPS3, and operated through 1958. By the end of that year, two AN/FPS6
heightfinder radars were activated. During 1959 Mitchell And Ness Curtis Martin Jersey
Cape Charles AFB joined
the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to
DC04 at Fort Lee AFS, Virginia. After joining, the squadron was redesignated as
the 771st Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 October 1959. The radar squadron provided
information 24/7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine
range, direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or
hostile. On 31 July 1963, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z56.In addition
to the main facility, Cape Charles AFS operated several unmanned AN/FPS14 Gap
Filler sites:Bethany Beach, DE (P56B/Z56B): 383135N 0750626W / 38.52639N
75.10722W / 38.52639; 75.10722 (P56B)Elizabeth City, NC (P56C/Z56C): 361446N
0761520W / 36.24611N 76.25556W / 36.24611; 76.25556 (P56C)In 1963 the site
hosted AN/FPS7, AN/FPS6, and AN/FPS26A radars. In 1963 the site also became an
ADC/FAA jointuse facility. The facility came under TAC jurisdiction in 1979 with
the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command and the activation of ADTAC. Air
Force use ended in 1981 and Cape Charles AFS was replaced by the Naval Air
Station Oceana, Virginia, Joint Surveillance System (JSS) radar site.Today, the
former Cape Charles Air Force Station has been obliterated, and is now part of
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, although a few minor service
buildings remain. The housing area remains and the units are now in private
hands. The Gap Filler support buildings at Z56A and Z56C remain, although the
tower and radar are gone. Z56B is now part of a golf course.
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