Boron Radar / Air Force Station 2023 || Droning With my DJI Mini SE || Former Federal Prison Camp

Name: Boron Radar / Air Force Station 2023 || Droning With my DJI Mini SE || Former Federal Prison Camp
Uploaded: 2023-03-07T05:00:00.000Z
Duration: 7 min 33 s
Channel: 909 Adventures

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Today im flying my drone A DJI Mini SE over the former Federal Prison Camp, Boron (FPC Boron) in Boron, California. This is also the former site of Boron Air For Station or (Boron AFS) which was formerly Atolia Air Force Station or (Atolia AFS). I have gotten a lot of questions about the former site and not a lot of people know it has been demolished. Please enjoy this video from over the former Prison and Air Force Station as we find out together what all is left.

Boron Air Force Station was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the Air Defense Command permanent radar network. Prompted by the start of the Korean War, Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter asked Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson on 11 July 1950 for approval to expedite construction of the permanent network. Receiving approval 10 days later, the Air Force directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction.

The 750th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was assigned to Atolia, California, on 28 January 1952. It assumed coverage responsibilities formerly held by the temporary Lashup Radar Network site at Edwards Air Force Base. It operated two AN/FPS-10 radars and initially functioned as a ground-controlled interception (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders. Atolia AFS was renamed Boron Air Force Station on 1 December 1953.

The AN/FPS-10 search radar at Boron remained until 1959. In 1958 an AN/FPS-6 replaced the AN/FPS-10 height finder radar. A second height finder radar (an AN/FPS-6A) was installed in 1959.

During 1961 Boron AFS joined the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, feeding data to DC-17 at Norton Air Force Base, California. After joining, the squadron was redesignated as the 750th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 May 1961. The radar squadron provided continuous information to the SAGE Direction Center, where it was analyzed to determine range, direction, altitude, speed, and whether aircraft were friendly or hostile.

A separate Ground Air Transmit Receive (GATR) site was located 3.5 miles NNW of the main site to provide some isolation from the high-powered RF energy from the search radar systems for the GATR's HF/VHF/UHF voice and data air-to-ground communications. GATR sites used voice communications via AN/GRT-3[2] transmitters and AN/GRR-7[3] receivers to guide F-106 Delta Dart and other suitably-equipped intercept aircraft to airborne targets. AN/GRC-27[4] backup transceivers were used to cover frequencies that were lost due to outages of the main transmitters and receivers. In addition to these, an AN/GKA-5 Time Division Data Link (TDDL) system was used to digitally provide the vectoring data to the intercept aircraft.

In addition to the defense mission, Boron AFS became a joint-use facility with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for use in tracking aircraft in the Los Angeles sector. By this time the AN/FPS-10 had been replaced by an AN/FPS-20 search radar. However, this radar was soon replaced by an AN/FPS-35 frequency diversity radar. By 1963 this radar operated with AN/FPS-26A and AN/FPS-90 height-finder radars. Boron AFS was re-designated as NORAD ID Z-59 on 31 July 1963.

In 1968 the AN/FPS-90 was deactivated. In 1969 the AN/FPS-35 was removed, and was replaced by an AN/FPS-67 on the same tower (and with a radome); it became operational in 1970.

In 1979, Boron AFS was converted into Federal Prison Camp, Boron, a minimum-security federal prison for male inmates that was closed in 2000. The prison site and housing area have been completely demolished. The U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating trespass activity at FPC Boron. All identified instances of trespass are logged, and trespassers may be subject to federal and state prosecution including imprisonment and/or fines.

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00:00 Intro
01:25 Let the droning begin
02:05 Lets talk history
03:35 Continue flying around
05:24 The only thing left standing
06:31 Black government vehicle

What's going on everybody welcome back to 909 adventures We're at a spot that kind of Kind of disappointed me when I found this spot. You know researching online It looks really cool looked awesome, so I wasted like two or three hours researching this place only to find out It's all been demolished I'm staring at Practically nothing right now right there right in front of me There's just a tiny little building, maybe it was a guard shack at one point here That that's all that's left, and then there's a radar station up here somewhere back here That's all that's left guys But I wanted to make this video because I get messages every now and then about this place Just to let you guys know that it is gone. It is no longer here, but we're gonna go up there to see What's left just to see? You know There's there's nothing guys. I know there's nothing. There's just a bunch of slabs But we can at least go up there and get the the general layout of what used to be boron Used to be a military site after it closed They turned it into a I believe it was a federal prison some sort of prison jail. I don't know Let's just get started guys Boron Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Station It was closed by the Air Force in 1975 and turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration Also known as the FAA The radar site is still operated by the FAA as part of the Joint Surveillance System in 1979 boron Air Force Station was converted into federal prison camp boron a Minimum-security federal prison for male inmates and was closed in the year 2000 now before I read any further I just want to let you guys know I am getting this information from Wikipedia and anybody with the computer or a cell phone or basically access to the internet can Basically go on Wikipedia and edit the the website as we were pulling up There was a black government vehicle pulling out of the compound Which basically deterred me from wanting to even set foot onto the property, so thank goodness I had my drone on me my drone Basically saved the day now continuing to read from Wikipedia It says the US Department of Justice is currently investigating trespass activity on to FPC boron all identified incidents and trespassers are logged and Trespassers may be subject to federal and state prosecution including imprisonment and or fines So now that this is an inactive prison anymore obviously everything's gone The only thing that's left there is the actual radar itself. Can you still get in trouble for being on this? this land probably Will anybody come after you probably not so if you guys are gonna come out and explore this do that at your own risk Of course we're gonna want to see what's exactly Inside of this little building This is 100% snake pit Just a little little shack definitely Not gonna go in here There's a lot of rat droppings Want to get hinted? Let's go and See what's See what's left All right guys, that's really gonna do it for this video. I really wanted to walk around this place Luckily, I had my drone on me and I was able to at least drone the place as we were pulling up There was your typical black government vehicle pulling out of the place. I think it was a black Chevy Tahoe All tinted windows something like you would see in the movies at government plates So something told me that I probably should not be in there probably because of this radar I don't know if it's still active. I don't think it is I was able to fly my drone around it without any interference. So that kind of tells me that it's been decommissioned But still, you know if the government's in here, I don't want to be in here so anyways guys if you guys can hit that thumbs up for me on your way out and YouTube is gonna suggest that you watch one of these videos here on the screen next Our tender where's like, please