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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Clear Air Force Station gets radar upgrade


Clear Air Force Station
The early warning radar at an Air Force station about 70 miles southwest of Fairbanks will get an upgrade.

The Department of Defense has announced Raytheon Co. has been awarded the contract, worth up to $125 million.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://is.gd/sZLfCG) the Clear Air Force Base's radar originally went online in October 1961, looking for satellites and incoming missiles.

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