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Fortuna Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of Fortuna North Dakota. It was closed in 1979 as a radar station remaining as a Long-Range Radar (LRR) facility until 1984.Fortuna Air Force Station was part of the last batch of twenty-three radar stations constructed as part of the Air Defense Command permanent network. It was activated in April and declared completely operational in late 1952.
