USAF PARCS Photo Gallery

"Must see" photos indicated by +++.

• 001 +++ : PARCS seen from the Pembina Escarpment (1999).
  • (445 x 294 = 14k) (880 x 582 = 43k) 001030
  
  
• 002 +++ : Plaque commemorating the transfer of the Safeguard PAR to the USAF in 1977.
  • History of name changes for the former PAR site:
    • 1976: Safeguard system is deactivated.
    • 1977: USAF acquires the former PAR, using the name Concrete Missile Early Warning System (CMEWS) (named for the hamlet of Concrete, N.D., just west of the PAR site).
    • 1983: With the closing of the post office at Concrete, N.D., the name is changed to Cavalier Air Force Station (named for the town of Cavalier, N.D., 18 miles east of the site).
    • 1993: Name shortened to Cavalier Air Station.
    • 2000: Name changed back to Cavalier Air Force Station.
  • (285 x 400 = 44k) 003001
  
  
• 003 +++ : 1982 photo of the PARCS when the site was known as the Concrete Missile Early Warning Station (CMEWS) (1982).
  • The name of the installation will be changed to Cavalier Air Force Station (CAFS) in 1983.
  • (470 x 294 = 18k) (938 x 587 = 74k) 000932
  
  
• 004 +++ : PARCS from the northwest (wide view) (2001).
  • (491 x 295 = 17k) (768 x 461 = 34k) 002858
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 005 +++ : PARCS from the northwest (closer view) (1999).
  • (475 x 293 = 21k) (900 x 555 = 59k) 000226
  
  
• 006 : PARCS from the north (1999).
  • (460 x 294 = 18k) (909 x 580 = 58k) 000225
  
  
• 007 : PARCS from the north showing the underground generator complex on the right (1999).
  • (460 x 295 = 20k) (914 x 586 = 77k) 000222
  
  
• 008 +++ : PARCS from the north (1999).
  • (450 x 293 = 19k) (877 x 571 = 58k) 000221
  
  
• 009 +++ : Wide winter view of PARCS from the north (2000).
  • (576 x 436 = 40k) 002608
  • Photo by Charlie Mauze.
  
  
• 010 : PARCS from the north-northeast (1999).
  • (455 x 293 = 25k) (889 x 572 = 79k) 000220
  
  
• 011 +++ : PARCS from the northeast (1999).
  • (445 x 293 = 22k) (881 x 581 = 72k) 000219
  
  
• 012 +++ : Wider view of the PARCS from the northeast (2001).
  • (442 x 295 = 16k) (768 x 512 = 44k) 002856
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 013 : Distant view of the PARCS from the northeast (1999).
  • (445 x 294 = 18k) (900 x 595 = 67k) 000218
  
  
• 014 +++ : PARCS from the east (1999).
  • (460 x 292 = 23k) (899 x 571 = 74k) 000216
  
  
• 015 : Distant view of the PARCS from the east (1999).
  • (470 x 294 = 22k) (895 x 560 = 59k) 000304

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