Mt. Lemmon Air Force Station
- Tucson Citizen
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Air Force staffers monitor air traffic in the Southwestern U.S. at the Mt. Lemmon Air Force Station in May, 1957, as part of an extensive array of radar stations that watched for enemy Soviet aircraft in the days before satellites. A Tucson Citizen writer said "electronic miracles of perception are performed by radar scopes and charting screens."
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