Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site
Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site (call sign Holbrook Bomb Plot) is a Formerly Used Defense Site of 8 acres (3.2 ha)[1] near Winslow, Arizona, that was used as a Cold War Strategic Air Command radar station for the Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Range. Detachment 2 of the Radar Bomb Scoring Division transferred its personnel and equipment from the South Dakota Interior Radar Bomb Scoring Site (call sign Badlands Bomb Plot) Spring 1968. The site had a housing area, and after the division became the 1st Electronic Combat Range Group (1ECRG), in August 1989 the detachment and site transferred from the 1ECRG to the 99th Strategic Weapons Wing.[2]
"The last ECM-only sortie" scored by the site was c. September 30, 1993 by a C-130 Hercules from Hurlburt Field,[3] and Holbrook's detachment merged with Detachment 19 from the Poplar, Montana, site[citation needed] to become Detachment 4 at Harrison, Arkansas.[4] In 1993, "part of Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site [was] conveyed to the National Park Service"[5] (Petrified Forest National Park).
References[edit]
- ^ "Commander in Chief's Special Recognition for Installation Excellence". November 20, 1992. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Dragoner, O.W. "United States Air Force 1989" (PDF) (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- ^ McDonald, Steven Ray (January 29, 2002). "Detachment 2 Holbrook, AZ". 1 CEVG/DET 2 History (A fluid Document). 1CEVGA.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ McDonald, Steven Ray (January 29, 2002). "Detachment 2 Holbrook, AZ". 1 CEVG/DET 2 History (A fluid Document). 1CEVGA.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
"Except for the MPS-T1 all the systems from Holbrook, including the UHF radios and radio tower were shipped to Harrison, AR
- ^ "Summary of the Public Laws of the 103rd Congress" (DOC). Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
H. R. 2403 October 28, 1993 SEC. 532 - Real property that is part of Holbrook Radar Bomb Scoring Site, Arizona, shall be conveyed to the National Park Service by the General Services Administration when determined as excess by the Air Force.