Tukialik Short Range Radar Site

54°42′53″N 058°21′30″W / 54.71472°N 58.35833°W / 54.71472; -58.35833 (Tukialik LRR LAB-5)TypeShort Range Radar StationCodeLAB-5Site informationControlled byNorth American Aerospace Defense CommandSite historyBuiltOctober 1992Built byRoyal Canadian Air ForceIn use1992-present

Tukialik (LAB-5)

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Tukialik Short Range Radar Site (LAB-5) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Short Range Radar Site located in eastern Labrador, 127 miles (204 km) northeast of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.^[1]

Facilities

The facility contains a Short Range AN/FPS-124 doppler airborne target surveillance radar that was installed in October 1992 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-5) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.^[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ "North Warning System Map". Lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
^ "The DEW LINE Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland". Lswilson.ca. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

Military installations in Newfoundland & Labrador

Current

Air Force	CFB Gander CFB Goose Bay
Navy	CFS St. John's HMCS Cabot
Norad	Big Bay Cape Kakiviak Cape Kiglapait Cartwright Saglek Tukialik

Defunct

Canada	HMC Dockyard Bay Bulls Brig Harbour Island Cape Bauld Cape Ray Mid-Canada Line (Site 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, 209, 227) RCAF Saglek RCAF Station Botwood RCAF Aerodrome Torbay Port aux Basques
England	Cuper's Cove Fort Ferryland Fort George Fort William
France	Castle Hill Fort Plaisance Fort Royal Fort Saint Louis Gaillardin Redoubt Point Verde Battery
Nazi Germany	Weather Station Kurt
Great Britain	Fort Amherst Fort Carbonear Fort Frederick Fort Point Fort Townshend Fort Waldegrave
United Kingdom	RAF(U) Goose Bay Queen’s Battery
United States	Allan's Island Bell Island Border Beacon Cape Makkovik Cape Race Cape Spear Cartwright Comfort Cove Cut Throat Island Elliston Ridge Ernest Harmon AFB Fogo Island Fox Harbour AS Fox Harbour Goose AFB Hopedale La Scie NS Argentia McAndrew AFB Melville Pepperrell AFB Phillip's Head Red Cliff Saglek St. Anthony Spotted Island St. Bride's St. John's Stephenville