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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2706003, member: 32619&quot;]Here is a token I haven&#039;t shared before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]609774[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cape Newenham Air Force Station (AFS), Alaska; brass, 28mm, AK60c p 7. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure about rarity but I&#039;ve never seen one before. Cunningham lists a 5 cent to $1 run of tokens in both brass and aluminum and only puts the value between $5 - $7. With the exception of the 25 cent denomination, all the rest are lacking information. Would love to come across some of the others. Maybe one day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cape Newenham AFS was built to be an early warning radar station in the event the Soviet Union launched an attack on Alaska. Construction began in 1950 but because of the remote location it took another 4 years before construction was complete. As all of these remote Alaskan stations, the building were all connected in order to minimize going outside in the winter. The 794th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&amp;W) stood up on 8 December 1952 and was inactivated 1 November 1983. Cape Newenham AFS is still in service as a Long Range Radar site and the runway that was built to bring critical supplies and personnel still functions.</p><p><br /></p><p>This unit, unless I&#039;m mistaken, was never assigned anywhere else. I find it strange that this token identifies with the unit and not the station. Further research on my part is needed. Perhaps there was a different unit that ran the station and the 794th were operators.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is their patch - it&#039;s not my patch sadly. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]609773[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Veterans from the radar station got together and made a challenge coin. I took these images from Air Force Radar Museum Assocation:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]609869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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