Cross City Air Force Station
| Cross City Air Force Station Cross City Army Airfield  |
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| Part of Air Defense Command | |
| Dixie County, near Cross City, Florida | |
Cross City AFS in the 1960s
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Cross City Army Airfield, 1944
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 Cross City AFS
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| Coordinates | 29°38′4.60″N 83°05′55.89″W / 29.6346111°N 83.0988583°WCoordinates: 29°38′4.60″N 83°05′55.89″W / 29.6346111°N 83.0988583°W. |
| Type | Long Range Radar Site |
| Code | ADC ID: TM-200, NORAD ID: Z-200 |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Open to the public |
Yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| Built by | U.S. Air Force |
| In use | 1942-1969 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Cross City, Florida |
Cross City Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force facility, located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of Cross City, Florida.
Originally a small civil airport, during World War II it was active as a training base for Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics and Third Air Force.
Closed after the war and returned to civil control, in 1958 the United States Air Force exercised a right of return and a portion of the airport became an Air Defense Command ground interceptor radar site. Closed by the Air Force in 1970, the radars were turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Today it is part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-10.
The airport was opened as a public airport in April, 1940. In August 1942, the facility was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Forces, and construction began to convert the Civil Aeronautics Administration airport in Cross City to a dive bomber military training airfield. The construction included the addition of and improvements to buildings, taxiways, roads, and hard stands. Historical documents list three ranges at the Cross City AAF: a shoot-in-butt, a rifle range, and a skeet range.
Known as Cross City Army Airfield, it was used as part of the Army Air Forces Center (AAF Center)'s combat simulation school in Central and Northern Florida and as a unit training center by Third Air Force.
Activated on 27 October 1942 as part of the Air University Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics, Cross City AAF was assigned as a sub-base of Orlando Army Air Base, and came under the jurisdiction of the 50th Fighter Group stationed at Orlando.
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