Kingman Air Force Station

For the World War II training base, see Kingman Airport (Arizona).

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
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

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980 Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980).
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies^{[dead link‍]}, 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