Lake Charles Air Force Station

Today the site is part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-14.Lake Charles Air Force Station was, actually, two different facilities that shared the same location, active in two different eras.As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.The site continued operations over the next two decades with approximated twenty Air Force and civilian personnel with the 678th ADG tracking aircraft attempting to illegally enter the country.This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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