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Shows RAF Buchan, I'd guess about 1979. In the foreground is the "Buchan Interim Fit" building ("BIF" for short). It was built
as an interim sector operations centre while the underground bunker "R3" was refurbished. It was meant to be only for use for a year
or so, but the refurbishment fell behind schedule and so it was used for about a decade. This photo must have been taken shortly after
it was built, because it was surrounded by an earth bank for protection within a year of it being built.
On the skyline is the radome built to accommodate the TPS34 twin-beam 3D radar that was shipped up to replace the height finding FPS-6 radars (one of which is visible behind). The FPS-6s were not used after the move into the BIF although the radar heads were left standing for a couple of years. Just peeking out on the left of the BIF building is a white building, that was "heads workshop" an old wooden building dating from the 1950s. On the skyline next to the radome is the generator shed with standby generators. John Dell |
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Photograph Number 97 Click on the image to get the full size image. |
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