North Truro Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
| North Truro, Massachusetts | |
 The station from the south | |
  North Truro AFS Location of North Truro AFS, Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates | 42°01′53.38″N 70°03′11.84″W / 42.0314944°N 70.0532889°W |
| Type | Long Range Radar Site |
| Code | ADC ID: P-10 NORAD ID: Z-10 (NTAFS) |
| Site information | |
| Owner | National Park Service |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Open to the public | Partially |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1951 |
| Built by | United States Air Force |
| In use | 1951–1994 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | North Truro, Massachusetts |
| Occupants | 762d Radar Squadron, 6th Space Warning Squadron |
North Truro Air Force Station (AFS) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.2 mi (3.5 km) east of North Truro, Massachusetts.
Most of the site was inactivated by 1994 and turned over to the National Park Service, the radar site remainder becoming a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) VHF omnidirectional range/Tactical air navigation system (VORTAC) (Navaid: LFV)[1] and radar site, part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-53.
The former North Truro AFS is the site of a radar station and several abandoned buildings including barracks, a library, a bar, a bowling alley and a family housing area located to the south. NTAFS has been redeveloped into The Highland Center.[2] It is also the site of the Jenny Lind Tower.[3]