by Wolf » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:23 am
Just to set the facts straight, the USAF facility at 'Martlesham Heath' was a major communications site, not radar. The residents of this site referred to site as the 'Home of the Heathens'
It was originally manned by the 2130 Comm Sq Air Force Communications Service (under RAF Croughton), but this role was taken over by Det1 of the 2164th Communications Squadron (a tenant unit to the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing).
The site provided two tropospheric forward scatter radio systems, two terrestrial microwave radio links, AUTOVON switching and technical control facilities for these systems. It also controlled unmanned communications sites at Great Bromley and Mormond Hill
During the 70's, there were many local tales about the site's mission ranging from a radar station to an underground submarine base somehow connected to the North Sea. Martlesham Heath was a purely critical communications network station linking US and NATO forces in the UK and European Continent with the US.
Hope this info removes another object from the scope, or at least helps clarity things a bit.
V/R
Wolf
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Wolf on Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.