Cape Charles Air Force Station

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Cape Charles Air Force Station
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
1958 oblique airphoto looking west
Cape Charles AFS Location of Cape Charles AFS, Virginia
Coordinates	37°07′58″N 075°57′11″W / 37.13278°N 75.95306°W / 37.13278; -75.95306 (Cape Charles AFS P-56)
Type	Air Force Station
Code	ADC ID: P-56, NORAD ID: Z-56
Site information
Controlled by	U.S. Air Force 1948–1981 United States Fish and Wildlife Service 1981–present
Condition	mostly demolished
Site history
Built	1950
Built by	United States Army Corps of Engineers
In use	1950-1981
Demolished	1980s
Garrison information
Garrison	771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fort John Custis
Part of Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay
16"/50 caliber Mark 7 naval gun and projectile at Battery Winslow
Site information
Controlled by	U.S. Army 1941–1948 U.S. Air Force 1948–1981 United States Fish and Wildlife Service 1981–present
Condition	partly demolished, 16-inch gun battery remains
Site history
Built	1941
Built by	United States Army Corps of Engineers
In use	1941–1948
Battles/wars	World War II
Garrison information
Garrison	2nd Coast Artillery Regiment 246th Coast Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion, 52nd Coast Artillery Regiment (later 286th Coast Artillery (Railway) Battalion)

Cape Charles Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south of Townsend, Virginia. It was closed in 1981. From 1941 to 1948 it was Fort John Custis of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Since 1984 the site has been in the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge. For this article's purposes the term "Fort John Custis" includes the nearby Fisherman Island.^[1]