Anclote Missile Tracking Annex

The Anclote Missile Tracking Annex was a Cold War radar station of 49.65 acres (20.09 ha) in Pasco County, Florida[1] adjacent to the Alachua Pinellas community[2] at the mouth of the Anclote River near Tampa. The Air Force Systems Command military installation, site D 3 of the Eglin Range Complex, was used for development tests, e.g., 1950s/1960s Regulus II supersonic cruise missile firings from the Venice missile launch complex.

The Anclote site "phased down" May 1-July 1, 1969.[3]

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radar station

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CZIC-td194-56-f6-n27-1981/xml/CZIC-td194-56-f6-n27-1981.xml
  2. ↑ http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_fisheries/social/documents/pdfs/communities/2013/alachua_pinellas.pdf
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19690515&id=E0tSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xnsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,3371311 Anclote Tracking Site "phased down" from May 1 to July 1, 1969.

Coordinates: 28°11′19.44″N 82°47′39.00″W / 28.1887333°N 82.7941667°W / 28.1887333; -82.7941667

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