Icy Cape Air Force Station is an abandoned United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line Radar station at Icy Cape on the Chukchi Sea coast of northwestern Alaska, United States. It was closed in 1963.

History

The Station was built in 1957 to support the Distant Early Warning Line as Icy Cape (LIZ-B). The station was logistically supported by the 711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cape Lisburne Air Force Station, although Icy Cape was operated by civilian contract workers.

Icy Cape Air Force Station

It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since. The radars and other military buildings were removed around 2000, returning the site to a natural condition. The gravel streets and the runway of the former airstrip of the station remain.

Icy Cape Air Force Station

References

External links

Icy Cape DEW Line Station photo site

Installations of the United States Air Force in Alaska

Radar stations of the United States Air Force

Buildings and structures in North Slope Borough, Alaska

1957 establishments in Alaska

1963 disestablishments in Alaska

Military installations established in 1957

Military installations closed in 1963

Icy Cape Air Force Station