Havre Air Force Base

Havre Air Force Base (HM2MYM)

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N 48° 33.393', W 109° 42.288'

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After the Soviet Union's detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949 and the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, tensions mounted between the United States and the USSR. To prevent a surprise attack, the US Air Force established a radar network to protect American air space. Using the most sophisticated computer and radar technology available, dedicated Air Force officer and airmen manned the stations in some of the most isolated places in the country.
Located about thirty miles north west of here, the Havre Air Force Station was one of the eight radar stations in Montana. Established in 1952, it was the home of the 778th (AC&W Aircraft Control & Warning) Squadron. The station's four radars tracked both friendly and enemy aircraft, feeding the data to the control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls. In the event of a Soviet sneak attack, the station relayed information to Malmstrom, which would direct fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles to intercept the invaders With the advent of nuclear warhead-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in the 1960s, the radar stations soon became obsolete. The Havre Air Force station then functioned as a component of the BUIS II and III system that functioned as a backup in case the Malmstrom direction center was rendered inoperative. The Air Force closed the Havre radar station in



1979. For a few years it served as a NORAD electronic bomb scoring site before closing permanently in 1986.
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Placed ByMontana Department of Transportation
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Date Added Thursday, November 14th, 2019 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12U E 595571 N 5378971
Decimal Degrees48.55655000, -109.70480000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 48° 33.393', W 109° 42.288'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds48° 33' 23.58" N, 109° 42' 17.28" W
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