Ground Equipment Facility

A Ground Equipment Facility of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a radar station or other designated Air Traffic Control site of the United States. Several of the facilities originated as Cold War SAGE radar stations, including some facilities of the joint-use site system (JUSS)[1] (e.g., San Pedro Hill Air Force Station provided radar tracks for both the Army and USAF). The USAF declared full operational capability of the 1st 7 Regional Operational Control Centers (ROCCs) on December 23, 1980.[2]

JSS Ground Equipment Facilities

IDs	Landform (former military site)	ST	Coordinates	initial year	FAA year	Inactivated
J-12 (Z-249)	Dauphin Island (Dauphin Island AFS)	AL	30°15′01″N 088°04′42″W	1959	1980	tbd
J-31 (Z-39)	San Pedro Hill (San Pedro Hill AFS)	CA	33°44′45″N 118°20′10″W	1961	1997	n/a
J-33 (Z-38)	tbd (Mill Valley AFS)	CA	37°55′26″N 122°35′49″W	1951	1980
J-34 (Z-37)	tbd (Point Arena AFS)	CA	38°53′23″N 123°33′01″W	1951	tbd	1998
J-36A	San Clemente Island (San Clemente Island AFS)	CA		1952	c. 1998
tbd (DC-21DC)	Grovers Cliff (Fort Heath)	CA	42°23′19.5″N 070°58′10″W	1959	1969	mid-to-late 1990s
tbd (Z-10)	tbd (North Truro AFS)	MA	42°02′03″N 070°03′15″W	1951	1995	tbd

References

1. Butler, Gerald W; Shaner, Mary; Shaner, Richard; Shaner, Richard. The Guns of Boston Harbor. Retrieved 2013-03-01. In 1958, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) constructed long-range acquisition radar at Fort Heath. Commissioned in 1959, the ARSR-1 radar was used to track aircraft 220 miles distant for flight-following" purposes. …the army and air force also used this surveillance radar for Air Defense Control and Coordination Systems (ADCCS).
2. Del Papa, Dr. E. Michael; Warner, Mary P. (October 1987). A Historical Chronology of the Electronic Systems Division 1947-1986 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2012-07-19. so-called Semi-Automatic Direction Center System, later known as…Semi-Automatic Ground Environment System, in essence, the Lincoln Transition System.