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Benton Air Force Station was a Cold War era Aerospace Defense Command radar facility in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The station was operational from 1951 until 1975. The radar at Benton Air Force Station scanned skies in the United States from Massachusetts south to Virginia and east over the Atlantic Ocean. The station was manned by airmen from the 648th Aircraft Control Squadron at Fort Indiantown Gap. Benton Air Force Station was converted to the Red Rock Job Corps Center in 1978 and is now part of Ricketts Glen State Park a Pennsylvania state park.

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rdfs:label	Benton Air Force Station
rdfs:comment	Benton Air Force Station was a Cold War era Aerospace Defense Command radar facility in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The station was operational from 1951 until 1975. The radar at Benton Air Force Station scanned skies in the United States from Massachusetts south to Virginia and east over the Atlantic Ocean. The station was manned by airmen from the 648th Aircraft Control Squadron at Fort Indiantown Gap. Benton Air Force Station was converted to the Red Rock Job Corps Center in 1978 and is now part of Ricketts Glen State Park a Pennsylvania state park.
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Garrison	648(xsd:integer)
lon deg	76(xsd:integer)
Built	1951(xsd:integer)
Partof	Air Defense Command
Label	Benton AFS
lat sec	30(xsd:integer)
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lon sec	40(xsd:integer)
Name	Benton Air Force Station 60px
Type	Air Force Station
Caption	Location of Benton AFS, Pennsylvania The radar dome in 2010, as seen from the Hayfields in Ricketts Glen State Park
Width	300(xsd:integer)
marksize	6(xsd:integer)
lon dir	W
lat dir	N
Code	ADC ID: P-30 NORAD ID: Z-30
used	1951(xsd:integer)
lat min	21(xsd:integer)
lon min	17(xsd:integer)
lat deg	41(xsd:integer)
controlledby	United States Air Force
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abstract	Benton Air Force Station was a Cold War era Aerospace Defense Command radar facility in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The station was operational from 1951 until 1975. The radar at Benton Air Force Station scanned skies in the United States from Massachusetts south to Virginia and east over the Atlantic Ocean. The station was manned by airmen from the 648th Aircraft Control Squadron at Fort Indiantown Gap. Benton Air Force Station was converted to the Red Rock Job Corps Center in 1978 and is now part of Ricketts Glen State Park a Pennsylvania state park.

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