Talk:AN/GPA-50/@comment-26888857-20150814051911

Mt Hebo AFS was operated and maintained by the 689th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 25th Air Division, Aerospece Defense Command,, US Air Force. The largest radome at Mt Hebo AFS was the CW-798 for the General Electric AN/FPS-24 Search Radar. This rigid radome was 140 feet in diameter, and 96 feet high. The radar antenna inside was 120 feet across, 50 feet high, weighed 85.5 tons and rotated at 5 rpm. This radome was installed in 1965 and destroyed by a storm in 1968. The AN/FPS-24 radar was replaced by the AN/FPS-27 Search Radar which used a much smaller radome. Mt Hebo AFS was closed in 1980 and the site returned to nature. Mt Hebo is part of the Siuslaw National Forest and an informative sign was placed overlooking the site of the former radar station in Aug 2014. This sign provides photos, a narrative descriptions of the radar station, and a timeline of relevant Air Force and Forest Service events at Mt Hebo from 1956 through 2014.