Kingman Air Force Station

Kingman Air Force Station
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
Kingman AFS Location of Kingman AFS, Arizona
Coordinates	35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°W / 35.19750; -114.04139 (Kingman AFS M-128)Coordinates: 35°11′51″N 114°02′29″W / 35.19750°N 114.04139°W / 35.19750; -114.04139 (Kingman AFS M-128)
Type	Air Force Station
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1955
In use	1955-1958
Garrison information
Garrison	659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Emblem of the 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Kingman Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-128) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Kingman, Arizona. It was closed in 1958.

Air Force units and assignments

Units:

• 659th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Assigned 22 June 1955

Activated at Norton AFB, California on 20 June 1953

Inactivated on 15 August 1958

Assignments:

• 27th Air Division, 22 June 1955 – 15 August 1958

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997).
• Information for Kingman AFS, AZ