FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Clear Space Force Station, Alaska ~ 14 NOV 2023

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Road Trip: Clear Space Force Station, Alaska

Clear Space Force Station is a United States Space Force radar station for detecting incoming ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles to NORAD's command center and to provide Space Surveillance data to the United States Space Force.

Clear's AN/FPS-123 Upgraded Early Warning Radar is part of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) which also includes those at Beale AFB, Cape Cod Space Force Station, RAF Fylingdales and Thule Site J.

The "historic property" was one of the Alaska World War II Army Airfields and later a Cold War BMEWS site providing NORAD data to Colorado's BMEWS Central Computer and Display Facility (CC&DF).

On August 30, 2006, after a transition that began in 2001, the ANG's 213th Space Warning Squadron took on the early warning/space surveillance mission.BAE Systems began a 2007 contract for SSPARS maintenance, and the Clear FPS-120 was subsequently upgraded to an AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems "featuring processor and software improvements to enhance capability."

In addition to the "original camp area" with buildings still in use today, areas of the station include the airfield (ICAO: PACL), the "SSPARS Site"[3] the technical site (Utilador, BMEWS reflectors, support buildings, power plant), and the composite site (two permanent dormitories, a mess hall, recreation area, and administrative area). In addition to the Air National Guard unit, Clear has active duty USSF, Royal Canadian Air Force, civilian, and contractor personnel.

Because of Alaska's strategic location with regard to national defense, the mission and importance of the 168 ARW and the Alaska Air National Guard should continue to increase in the coming years. The 168 ARW has a broad range of responsibilities, providing an outstanding example for all other Air National Guard units.

Learn More About Clear Space Force Station HERE!!

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[radu]

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[JimBianchi11]

My first AF assignment, 1983-1984.

I really enjoyed my time there.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

FIRST!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

SECOND!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening JimBianchi11!

THIRD!

[SkyDancer]

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[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *Hugz*

Did you get a nice soaking over the weekend?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How are things out your way? Did you have a good weekend?
Spend some time with Robin and those silly pups?

[wild74]

Had a good friend stationed at Clear Alaska lived at Fairbanks had his wife with him, I was stationed at King Salmon Alaska we use to talk on the direct line all the time. What a good time to remember

[PROCON]

Hi radu!

No visiting this weekend, she's still healing.

I did my usual watching college football all Saturday and then just lazed around yesterday, boring but a relaxing weekend.

Howz things your way?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry I'm late. My end of day is not going well...LOL!

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Clear Space Force Station, Alaska ~

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[radu]

A relaxing weekend sounds pretty good!
I hope Robin’s healing is progressing well.

Things is ok here, I reckon. Chilly and damp Friday so it was a bit slow at the museum. Saturday was much nicer and we went non-stop that day. Yesterday was non-go while I recuperated from Saturday. LOL

Not sure how things will go this coming weekend at the museum. Friday is SUPPOSED to be wet and Saturday will be right chilly. I hope we have folks stop by the museum anyway since it’s our last weekend open until next spring. :-(

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening SkyDancer, great to see you!

[laurenmarlowe]

We did! YAY! And more on the way this week.

And I hope you did as well!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you wild74, thank you for joining us this evening!

[The Mayor]

November 14

Sins Remembered No More

Bible in a Year:

• Lamentations 3–5
• Hebrews 10:19–39

I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

Jeremiah 31:34 I never saw the ice. But I felt it. The back end of the pickup I was driving—my grandfather’s—fishtailed. One swerve, two, three—and I was airborne, flying off a fifteen-foot embankment. I remember thinking, This would be awesome if I wasn’t going to die. A moment later, the truck crunched into the steep slope and rolled to the bottom. I crawled out of the crushed cab, unscathed.

The truck was utterly totaled that December morning in 1992. God had spared me. But what about my grandfather? What would he say? In fact, he never said a single word about the truck. Not one. There was no scolding, no repayment plan, nothing. Just forgiveness. And a grandfather’s smile that I was okay.

My grandfather’s grace reminds me of God’s grace in Jeremiah 31. There, despite their tremendous failings, God promises a restored relationship with His people, saying, “I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more” (v. 34).

I’m sure my grandfather never forgot that I’d wrecked his truck. But he acted just like God does here, not remembering it, not shaming me, not making me work to repay the debt I rightfully owed. Just as God says He’ll do, my grandfather chose to remember it no more, as if the destructive thing I’d done had never happened. .

Reflect & Pray

How should God’s forgiveness affect how you see your failures? How can you show others grace?

Father, thank You for Your forgiveness. When I cling to my shame, help me to recall that, in Christ, You remember my sins no more.

Learn more about the importance of offering forgiveness to others.