S-76A at CFS Saglek The site was established in 1953 as a
General Surveillance Radar station. It was used initially by the
United States Air Force, one of the many that would make up the
Pinetree Line of
Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites. The
Northeast Air Command, the 924th Aircraft Control and Radar Squadron on the station on 1 October 1953. Initial radars installed were
AN/FPS-3C long Range Search Radar; AN/FPS-502 small surveillance radar,
AN/FPS-87A general Surveillance and an AN/TPS-502 height finder radar. As a GCI base, the 924th's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. These interceptors were assigned to the
64th Air Division at
Goose AFB, Labrador. The station was reassigned to the USAF
Air Defense Command on 1 April 1957, and was given designation "N-29". In 1963, the site was connected to the
Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Centre (DC-31) at
CFB Goose Bay, and the site was upgraded to an AN/FPS-93A and AN/TPS-502 radars. On 30 June 1971, the USAF transferred control of the site to the
Canadian Forces, which closed the radar facility. On 1 August 1970, ADC Headquarters redesignated the 924th AC&W Squadron as OL AE, 4624th Support Squadron (SAGE). On 30 September 1970 the last of the USAF military personnel departed CFS Saglek. Civilian personnel of the
Canadian Marconi Company remained on-site to operate and support an associated
Tropospheric scatter communications system, which was located approximately 3 miles inland of the radar site. The radar station was used as the living quarters for the Canadian Marconi staff, except for those located at the Lower Camp airfield for runway maintenance and snow clearing. ==North Warning System==