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Pirinçlik Air Base
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Pirinçlik Air Base, also known as Pirinçlik Air Station, formerly Diyarbakır Air Station, was a 41-year-old American-Turkish military base near Diyarbakir, Turkey. Notable base commanders include Col.
AN/FPS-17 fixed antennae radar at the Pirinçlik Air Station oriented toward Kapustin Yar, the Soviet Union to monitor missile test launches
AN/FPS-17 fixed antennae radar at the Pirinçlik Air Station oriented toward Kapustin Yar, the Soviet Union to monitor missile test launches
AN/FPS-17
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The AN/FPS-17 was a ground-based fixed-beam radar system that was installed at three locations worldwide, including Pirinçlik Air Base in south-eastern Turkey, Laredo, Texas and Shemya Island, Alaska.
Pirinçlik Air Base
…actual deorbits of Soviet space hardware. In addition, the Pirinçlik radar was the only 24-hour-per-day eastern hemisphere deep-space sensor. The AN/FPS-17 Space Surveillance Radar developed by the Rome Air Development Center (RADC) was the first surveillance radar system designed to detect objects in…
AN/FPS-17 antennas at Shemya, Alaska.
AN/FPS-17 antennas at Shemya, Alaska.
Beam pattern.
Beam pattern.