Cut Throat Island Air Station (ADC ID: N-27A) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located east-northeast of CFB Goose Bay. It was closed in 1961.
History The site was established in 1957 as a staffed Gap Filler radar station, built by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Cartwright Air Station and part of the Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-27A". Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 staffed Gap Filler search radar.Information for Cut Throat Island AS, NL
USAF units and assignments Units: 922d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, Activated at Grenier AFB, New Hampshire 26 May 1953 Moved to Cartwright Air Station, 1 October 1953 Discontinued 1961Information for Cut Throat Island AS, NL Assignments: 4732d Air Defense Group (ADC), 1 April 1957 Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960
See also List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
References
Bibliography A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.