Eldorado Air Force Station

Eldorado Air Force Station
Part of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
Former PAVE PAWS array at Eldorado AFS
Coordinates30°58′44.68″N 100°33′9.59″W / 30.9790778°N 100.5526639°W / 30.9790778; -100.5526639
TypeAir Force Station
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Air Force
ConditionCold Standby
Site history
In use1987 - 1995
Garrison information
Garrison8th Missile Warning Squadron

Eldorado Air Force Station located 35 miles (56 km) south of San Angelo, Texas was one of the four unique AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS, early-warning phased-array radar systems. The 8th Space Warning Squadron, 21st Space Wing, Air Force Space Command operated at Eldorado Air Force Station.

The Station was associated with Goodfellow Air Force Base, 35 miles (56 km) north, and was part of the NORAD at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex command structure.[1][2]

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