656th Radar Squadron, Saratoga
Springs, NY
Dedicated to the preservation of the
656th Radar Squadron memories
by the veterans of
the Saratoga Air Force Station.
Old Radar men never die - Their echos
fade away in accordance with the inverse fourth power law.
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The Air Defense Radar Museum
Association, Inc.
National Air Defense Radar Museum
9976 Stoudertown Rd
Baltimore, OH 43105
740-862-8992
Email:
hq@afrmaonline.org
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AFRMA
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What is the Air Force Radar Museum
Association, Inc.?
The Air Force Radar Museum Association (AFRMA) is a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit Ohio-based corporation (Tax ID available upon
request). The AFRMA has but one project, that of the
establishment, development and support of the National Air Defense
Radar Museum (NADRM). We are undertaking this effort because as
former U.S. Air Force radar technicians, operators and support
personnel, the principals believe that this story of the air defense
of North America needs to be told while those of us with first-hand
experience, all aging rapidly, are still around to tell it. We have
found no other such museum in the United States.
We have a long-term (25 year) lease on the former AN/FPS-26 radar
tower at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center, the former 664th
AC&W/Radar Squadron in Bellefontaine, Ohio with the option of an
additional 25 years. We are currently in our capital fund raising
campaign, which seeks major donations from corporations and
individuals who can make these kinds of donations. Our day-to-day
business is financed through membership dues, small donations and
the sale of a book, The Peacekeepers, by Jack Miller along with
other relatively small fund raising opportunities.
The museum will be much more than a museum of dusty electronic
cabinets. We intend to document the entire mission of air defense
from the very beginning and recognition of the need for defense from
aerial attack, the whys and hows, and to have many interactive
displays. All components of the air defense mission will be
represented and displayed. The museum will be mostly educational in
nature, as we attempt to explain our mission and why it was
necessary. We intend to follow a timeline that extends from the
first World War and the first need for defense from aerial attack,
through the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
The AFRMA is an all-volunteer effort, with no paid employees.
Gene McManus
Hq. AFRMA
hq@afrmaonline.org
www.afrmaonline.org
www.nadrm.org
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