{{short description|Closed radar station}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox military installation |name=Lockport Air Force Station |partof =<br />1951-1968: 12pxAir Defense Command<br />1968-1979: 12pxAerospace Defense Command |location= Cambria, New York |code=P-21 / Z-21 |coordinates={{coord|43|08|25|N|78|50|0.4|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} |image= |image_size= 300px |caption= |type=Long Range Radar Site |built=1951 |builder=U.S. Air Force |materials= |height= |used=1951-1979 |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |open_to_public= |controlledby={{air force|USA}} |garrison= Lockport, New York |current_commander= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }}
'''Lockport Air Force Station''' is a closed United States Air Force ADCOM General Surveillance Radar station in Cambria, New York.
==History==
Initially established at Fort Niagara in 1950 before relocating to Lockport site. It was a joint USAF and US Army station from 1951 to 1969. The Air Defense squadron inactivated on 29 June 1979. The key infrastructure like the three radomes (AN/FPS-7 and twin AN/FPS-6 radars) have been demolished. Today the former station is partially vacant with base apartments for private use and commercial redevelopment.<ref>https://abandonedplaygrounds.com/2018/12/14/abandoned-lockport-air-force-station-in-sanborn/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
It was a part of the RCC (NORAD Regional Control Center) a SAGE network, located at Syracuse AFS.
==Units==
* 763rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron - 1950 * 763rd Radar Squadron (SAGE) - 1959 * 763rd Radar Squadron - 1974
==Assignments==
* 540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group 1951-1952 * 32nd Air Division 1952-1953 * 4704th Defense Wing 1953-1956 * 4708th Defense Wing 1956 * 30th Air Division 1956-1958 * Syracuse Air Defense Sector 1958-1963 * 2nd Artillery Group (Air Defense) 1961-1969 * Detroit Air Defense Sector 1963-1966 * 34th Air Division 1966-1969 * 35th Air Division 1969 * 21st Air Division 1969-1979
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Category:Installations of the United States Air Force in New York (state) Category:Radar stations of the United States Air Force Category:Aerospace Defense Command military installations Category:1951 establishments in Louisiana Category:1979 disestablishments in Louisiana Category:Military installations established in 1951 Category:Military installations closed in 1979